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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

La dormeuse
 (Sung text for setting by N. Goossens)
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Language: French (Français) 
Figure de femme, sur son sommeil 
fermée, on dirait qu'elle goûte 
quelque bruit à nul autre pareil 
qui la remplit toute. 

De son corps sonore qui dort 
elle tire la jouissance 
d'être un murmure encor 
sous le regard du silence.

Composition:

    Set to music by Natalie Goossens (b. 1976), "La dormeuse", 2020 [ mixed chorus ], from Cinq chansons d’espoir, no. 3, Euprint

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "La Dormeuse", appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 56

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Word count: 40

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