Ami silencieux des lointains multiples, sens

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Elegy 26, Sonnet II, 29

(Sung text for setting by H. Birtwistle)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

 ... 

Und wenn dich das Irdische vergaß,
zu der stillen Erde sag: Ich rinne.
Zu dem raschen Wasser sprich: Ich bin.

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Harrison Birtwistle, Sir

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Die Sonette an Orpheus 2, no. 29

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ami silencieux des lointains multiples,...

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Birtwistle)

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

 ... 

Et si les choses terrestres t'oublient,
à la terre immobile dis : Je coule.
Et à l'eau rapide dis : Je suis.

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