Comme la Pluie ça bruissait jusqu'à ce que ça tourne | Comme la Pluie ça bruissait jusqu'à ce que ça tourne

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Like Rain it sounded till it curved

Language: English

Our translations: FRE GER

Like Rain it sounded till it curved
And then I knew 'twas Wind —
It walked as wet as any Wave
But swept as dry as Sand —
When it had pushed itself away
To some remotest Plain
A coming as of Hosts was heard
That was indeed the Rain — 
It filled the Wells, it pleased the Pools
It warbled in the Road —
It pulled the spigot from the Hills
And let the Floods abroad —
It loosened acres, lifted seas
The sites of Centres stirred
Then like Elijah rode away
Upon a Wheel of Cloud —

Note: The second line is used by Tōru Takemitsu for the title of a piece for flute, viola and harp (1992).

Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "Like Rain it sounded till it curved", written 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Comme la Pluie ça bruissait jusqu'à ce que ça tourne", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , no title, copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

Comme la Pluie ça bruissait jusqu'à ce que ça tourne

Language: French (Français) after the English

Comme la Pluie ça bruissait jusqu'à ce que ça tourne
Et alors je sus que c'était le vent —
Il avançait aussi mouillé qu'une Vague
Mais balayait aussi sec que du Sable —
Quand il se fut poussé lui-même au loin
Vers une Plaine des plus éloignée
On entendit comme une Foule arriver
En effet c'était la Pluie —
Elle remplit les Puits, elle réjouit les Mares
Elle gazouilla sur la Route —
Elle ouvrit le robinet des Collines
Et lâcha les Inondations —
Elle ameublit des arpents, souleva les mers
Elle réveilla les emplacements des Centres
Puis comme Élie s'en alla à cheval
Sur une Roue de Nuages —

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2019 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), "Like Rain it sounded till it curved", written 1872
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 110