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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Tu me proposes, fenêtre étrange,...
Language: French (Français) 
Tu me proposes, fenêtre étrange, d'attendre ;
déjà presque bouge ton rideau beige.
Devrais-je, ô fenêtre, à ton invite me rendre ?
Ou me défendre, fenêtre ? Qui attendrais-je ?

Ne suis-je intact, avec cette vie qui êcoute,
avec ce cœur tout plein que la perte complète ?
Avec cette route qui passe devant, et le doute
que tu puisses donner ce trop dont le rêve m'arrête ?

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poèmes français. Vergers. Les Roses. Les Fenêtres. Carnet de Poche. Poèmes épars, Paris: Paul Hartmann, ed., 1935, page 100.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 4. Les Fenêtres, no. 2 [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 Andrea Clearfield (b. 1960), "Fenêtre étrange", first performed 2011 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus, chamber orchestra ], from Les fenêtres, no. 3, Self-published, Angelfire Press [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Elisabeth Gillioz (b. 1961), "Fenêtre", copyright © 2008 [ mixed chorus ], from Plumes Valaisannes, Editions Labatiaz [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-11-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 62

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