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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

souviennent
 (Sung text for setting by C. Bray)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG GER
Ce soir mon cœur fait chanter
des anges qui se souviennent...
Une voix, presque mienne,
par trop de silence tentée,

monte et se décide
à ne plus revenir ;
tendre et intrépide,
à quoi va-t-elle s'unir ?

Composition:

    Set to music by Charlotte Bray , "souviennent", 2010 [ tenor, piano, and string quartet ], from Verre de Venise, no. 1

Text Authorship:

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

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

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