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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

[No title]

(Sung text for setting by H. Reutter)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Ein Tag durch den Troß. Flüche, Farben, Lachen --  : 
davon blendet das Land. Kommen bunte Buben gelaufen. 
Raufen und Rufen. Kommen Dirnen mit purpurnen Hüten 
im flutenden Haar. Winken. Kommen Knechte, 
schwarzeisern wie wandernde Nacht. 
Packen die Dirnen heiß, daß ihnen die Kleider zerreißen. 
Drücken sie an den Trommelrand. 
Und von der wilderen Gegenwehr hastiger Hände 
werden die Trommeln wach, wie im Traum poltern sie, poltern --.
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Hermann Reutter

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 9, first published 1906

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ENG English (Knut W. Barde) , "A day among the army train", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un jour avec le train des équipages", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Un jour avec le train des équipages

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Reutter)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Un jour avec le train des équipages. Jurons, couleurs, rires :
le pays en est abasourdi. Des enfants colorés accourent.
Bagarres et cris. Des ribaudes arrivent avec leur chapeaux pourpres
et les cheveux défaits. Signes. Viennent des valets
noirs de fer comme la nuit en marche.
Empoignent si avidement les ribaudes que leurs vêtements sont déchirés.
Les pressent au bord des tambours.
Et avec la sauvage résistance des mains pressées,
les tambours s'éveillent, comme en rêve ils tonnent, tonnent -.
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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé, (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.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1899, appears in Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke, no. 9, first published 1906
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