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Deux poèmes français de Rilke

by Guy Sacre (b. 1948)

1. En hiver, la mort  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
En hiver, la mort meurtrière 
entre dans les maisons ;
elle cherche la sœur, le père,
et leur joue du violon.

Mais quand la terre remue
sous la bêche du printemps,
la mort court dans les rues
et salue les passants.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, in 44. Printemps, no. 6

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. À la bougie éteinte  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
À la bougie éteinte,
dans la chambre rendue à l'espace,
on est frôlé par la plainte
de feu la flamme sans place.

Faisons-lui un subtil
tombeau sous notre paupière,
et pleurons comme une mère
son très familier péril.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 51, Paris, Éd. Gallimard, first published 1926

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