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

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Arrêtons‑nous

(Sung text for setting by L. Durey)

See original

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG 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 de la route
sous ces beaux arbres que l'on se prête.

Composition:

Louis Durey

Vergers

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 58

See other settings of this text.

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

ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Let’s pause", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 36

Let’s pause

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Durey)

See original

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 near the street
under those beautiful trees where everything is ready.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Stanfield 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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 58
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2016-04-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 39