Eau qui se presse | Eau qui se presse, qui court — eau oublieuse

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Eau qui se presse, qui court — eau...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Eau qui se presse, qui court — eau oublieuse 
que la distraite terre boit, 
hésite un petit instant dans ma main creuse, 
    souvient-toi !

Clair et rapide amour, indifférence, 
presque absence qui court, 
entre ton trop d'arrivée et ton trop de partance 
    tremble un peu de séjour.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1986, Page 154.

Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924/5, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 18, first published 1926 [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 Juan José Castro (1895 - 1968), "Eau qui se presse", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Dos canciones de Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Jean Philippe Dartois , "Eau qui se presse", 2017 [ voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "Eau qui se presse", op. 42 no. 3 (1932), published 1966 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 3, Éd. Le Chant du Monde [sung text checked 1 time]
by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Eau qui se presse", published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Harold C. King (1895 - 1984), "Vergers XVIII", 1983, from O Leben, Leben, wunderliche Zeit, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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