by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Qui vient finir le temple Matches base text
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