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Mieux qu'une tour profane, je me chauffe pour mûrir mon carillon. Qu'il soit doux, qu'il soit bon aux Valaisannes. Chaque dimanche, ton par ton, je leur jette ma manne ; qu'il soit bon, mon carillon, aux Valaisannes. Qu'il soit doux, qu'il soit bon ; samedi soir dans les channes tombe en gouttes mon carillon aux Valaisans des Valaisannes.
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Confirmed with The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1986, Page 112.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 12 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Michael Aschauer (b. 1977), "Le clocher chante", published 2011 [ mixed chorus ], Innsbruck : Helbling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Le clocher chante", op. 27 no. 4 (1950-1), published 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies passagères, no. 4, Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Le clocher chante", op. 63 no. 1 (1972), from Six quatrains valaisans, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El campanar canta", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "The bell tower sings", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Kirchturm singt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Kirchturm singt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
Better than a secular tower, I warm myself to ripen my carillon. May it be sweet, may it be good for the Valais girls. Every Sunday, tone by tone, I throw them my manna; may it be good, my carillon for the Valais girls. May it be sweet, may it be good; Saturday night into their beers my carillon falls drop by drop to the Valais boys of the Valais girls.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2010 by Thomas A. Gregg, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 12
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 71