by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Comme la lyre
Language: French (Français)
Depuis quand nous te jouons avec nos jeux, fenêtre! Comme la lyre, tu devais être rendue aux constellations! Instrument tendre et fort de nos âmes successives, arrache enfin de nos sorts ta forme définitive! Monte! Tourne de loin autour de nous qui te fîmes. Soyex, astres, les rimes trouvées a nos bouts de destin!
Authorship
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), "Comme la lyre", first performed 2011 [soprano, mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus, chamber orchestra], from Les fenêtres, no. 4, Self-published, Angelfire Press [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-11-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 54