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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Qui vient finir le temple
 (Sung text for setting by L. Orthel)
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Language: French (Français) 
Qui vient finir le temple de l'Amour ? 
Chacun en emporte une colonne ; 
et à la fin tout le monde s'étonne 
que le dieu à son tour 

de sa flèche brise l'enceinte. 
(Tel nous le connaissons.) 
Et sur ce mur d'abandon 
pousse la plainte.

Composition:

    Set to music by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Qui vient finir le temple", op. 61 (Sept mélodies) no. 5 (1972), published 1972 [ voice and piano ], Amsterdam, Ed. Donemus

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924/5, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 17, first published 1926

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

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