Pfade, die nirgendwo hin führen

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Chemins qui ne mènent nulle part

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Chemins qui ne mènent nulle part 
entre deux prés, 
que l’on dirait avec art 
de leur but détournés, 

chemins qui souvent n’ont 
devant eux rien d’autre en face 
que le pur espace 
et la saison.

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Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 31 [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 Charlotte Bray , "pur espace", 2010 [ tenor, piano, and string quartet ], from Verre de Venise, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Georges Colin (1921 - 2002), "Chemins", op. 20 no. 1 (1948-52) [ soprano and piano ], from Cinq poèmes français de Rainer-Marie Rilke , no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Stefano Gervasoni (b. 1962), no title, 1995, rev. 1996, first performed 1995 [ voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, and string quartet ], from Due poesie francesi di Rilke, no. 1, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
by Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "Chemins", op. 21 no. 13 (1983-1986) [ medium voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Chemins qui nemènent nulle part entre deux prés", op. 206 no. 4, published 1939 [ chorus ], from Quatrains Valaisans, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-11
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Word count: 35

Pfade, die nirgendwo hin führen

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

Pfade, die nirgendwo hin führen
zwischen Wiesen,
dass man kunstvoll sagen würde,
sie seien abgelenkt von ihrem Ziel,

Pfade, die oftmals
vor sich kein anderes Gegenüber haben
als den bloßen Raum
und die Jahreszeit.

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a text in French (Français) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 31
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 34