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10 Petits canons

Song Cycle by Bernard Reichel (1901 - 1992)

4. Vues des anges  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Vues des Anges, les cimes des arbres peut-être
sont des racines, buvant les cieux;
et dans le sol, les profondes racines d'un hêtre
leur semblent des faîtes silencieux.

Pour eux, la terre, n'est-elle point transparente
en face d'un ciel, plein comme un corps?
Cette terre ardente, où se lamente
auprès des sources l'oubli des morts.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924-5, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 38, first published 1926

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Seen by Angels", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Engelsschau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 55
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