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Due poesie francesi di Rilke

Song Cycle by Stefano Gervasoni (b. 1962)

1.
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Chemins qui ne mènent nulle part 
entre deux prés, 
que l’on dirait avec art 
de leur but détournés, 

chemins qui souvent n’ont 
devant eux rien d’autre en face 
que le pur espace 
et la saison.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 31

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Ivo Zandhuis

2.
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Voici encor de l'heure qui s'argente,
mêlé au doux soir, le pur métal
et qui ajoute à la beauté lente
les lents retours d'un calme musical.

L'ancienne terre se reprend et change:
un astre pur survit à nos travaux.
Les bruits épars, quittant le jour, se rangent
et rentrent tous dans la voix des eaux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 24

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 90
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