by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Comme la lyre See original
Language: French (Français)
Depuis quand nous te jouons avec nos jeux, fenêtre ! Comme la lyre, tu devais être rendue aux constellations ! Instrument tendre et fort de nos âmes successives, arrache enfin de nos sorts ta forme définitive ! Monte ! Tourne de loin autour de nous qui te fîmes. Soyez, astres, les rimes trouvées a nos bouts de destin !
Note: Clearfield's score has the following typo: in stanza 3, line 3, word 1 is "Soyex". It is possible that the change in stanza 1, line 2, word 3 - from "yeux" to "jeux" - is also a typo.
Composition:
- Set to music by Andrea Clearfield (b. 1960), "Comme la lyre", first performed 2011 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus, chamber orchestra ], from Les fenêtres, no. 4, Self-published, Angelfire Press
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title
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