by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Combien a‑t‑on fait aux fleurs
Language: French (Français)
Combien a-t-on fait aux fleurs d'étranges confidences, pour que cette fine balance nous dise le poids de l'ardeur. Les astres sont tous confus qu'à nos chagrins on les mêle. Et du plus fort au plus frêle nul ne supporte plus notre humeur variable, nos révoltes, nos cris— sauf l'infatigable table et le lit (table évanouie).
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1986, Page 142.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 4 [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 Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Combien a-t-on fait aux fleurs", op. 65 (Neuf mélodies) no. 5 (1973) [sung text checked 1 time]
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