by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Paume, doux lit froissé
Language: French (Français)
Paume, doux lit froissé où des étoiles dormantes avaient laissé des plis en se levant vers le ciel. Est-ce que ce lit était tel qu'elles se trouvent reposées, claires et incandescentes, parmi les astres amis en leur élan éternel ? Ô les deux lits de mes mains, abandonnés et froids, légers d'un absent poids de ces astres d'airain.
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Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Paume", written 1924, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 7 [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 Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "Paume", op. 21 no. 2 (1983) [ medium voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "Paume", 1999 [ women's chorus ], from 6 Poèmes de Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 5, Artchipel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claire Renard (b. 1944), "Les plis du ciel", 2002, published 2003 [ voice ] [sung text not yet checked]
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