by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Eau qui se presse, qui court ... eau...
Language: French (Français)
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.
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Authorship
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924/5, appears in Poèmes en langue française, in Vergers, no. 18, first published 1926 [author's text not yet checked 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 against a primary source]
- 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 against a primary source]
- by Harold C. King (1895 - 1984), "Vergers XVIII", 1983, from O Leben, Leben, wunderliche Zeit, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura (Pranada) Sylvis) , "Rushing, running water", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Water that presses on", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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