Let’s pause | Let’s pause a bit, and talk

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Arrêtons‑nous un peu, causons

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Arrêtons-nous un peu, causons. 
C'est encore moi, ce soir, qui m'arrête, 
c'est encore vous qui m'écoutez. 

Un peu plus tard d'autres joueront 
aux voisins [sur]¹ la route
sous ces beaux arbres que l'on se prête.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• L. Durey

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¹ Durey: "de"

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 58 [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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Arrêtons-nous", op. 42 no. 2 (1932), published 1966 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 2, Éd. Le Chant du Monde [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mario Zafred (1922 - 1987), "Arrêtons-nous un peu, causons", 1954, published 1954 [ female voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 4, Milano : G. Ricordi & C. [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Let’s pause", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 6
Word count: 35

Let’s pause

Language: English after the French (Français)

Let’s pause a bit, [and] talk. 
It’s me again, tonight, who wants to pause, 
it’s still you who listens. 

A bit later others will play
like neighbors [in]¹ the street
under those beautiful trees where everything is ready.

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¹ Durey: "near"

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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 1. Vergers, no. 58
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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 38