Doch haben wir dich angeregt

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

C'est pourtant nous qui t'avons proposé

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: GER

C'est pourtant nous qui t'avons proposé
de remplir ton calice.
Enchantée de cet artifice,
ton abondance l'avait osé.

Tu étais assez riche, pour devenir cent fois toi-même
en une seule fleur ;
c'est l'état de celui qui aime...
Mais tu n'as pas pensé ailleurs.

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Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 3. Les Roses, no. 4, first published 1927 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), "En une seule fleur", 1993, first performed 1994 [ chorus a cappella ], from Les Chansons des Roses, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Doch haben wir dich angeregt

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

Doch haben wir dich angeregt,
den Kelch ganz zu erfüllen. 
Von diesem Kniff entzückt,
hat deine Fülle es gewagt.

Du warst reich genug, um hundert Mal du selbst zu werden
in einer einz’gen Blüte;
das ist der Zustand des’, der liebt …
doch Andres hast du nie gedacht.

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Translation of title "En une seule fleur" = "In einer einz’gen Blüte"

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a text in French (Français) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 3. Les Roses, no. 4, first published 1927
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-21
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Word count: 48