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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Chemin qui tourne
 (Sung text for setting by L. Orthel)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Chemin qui tourne et joue 
le long de la vigne penchée, 
tel qu'un ruban que l'on noue 
autour d'un chapeau d'été. 

Vigne : chapeau sur la tête 
qui invente le vin. 
Vin : ardente comète 
promise pour l'an prochain.

Composition:

    Set to music by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Chemin qui tourne", op. 63 no. 6 (1972), from Six quatrains valaisans, no. 6

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 18

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Path that winds", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

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