by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
On arrange et on compose
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
On arrange et on compose les mots de tant de façons, mais comment arriverait-on à égaler une rose ? Si on supporte l'étrange prétention de ce jeu, c'est que, parfois, un ange le dérange un peu.
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Confirmed with The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1986, Page 202.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924/1925, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 53 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Jean Philippe Dartois , "La rose", 2017 [ voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "On arrange et on compose", published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "... égaler une rose ?", 1999 [ women's chorus ], from 6 Poèmes de Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 4, Artchipel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joop Voorn (1932 - 2021), "On arrange et on compose", 2011, published 2014, copyright © 2014 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Vues des anges, no. 6, Rijswijk, the Netherlands : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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