by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG GER
Dors au fond de l'allée,
tendre enfant, sous la dalle,
on fera le chant de l'été
autour de ton intervalle.

Si une blanche colombe
passait au vol là-haut,
je n'offrirais à ton tombeau
que son ombre qui tombe.

Composition:

    Set to music by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Tombeau dans un parc", op. 27 no. 3 (1950-1), published 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies passagères, no. 3, Schirmer

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Tomba en un parc", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "Grave in a park", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ruhestatt in einem Park", copyright © 2011, (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.
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Word count: 38