by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
La biche
Language: French (Français)
Ô la biche : quel bel intérieur d'anciennes forêts dans tes yeux abonde ; combien de confiance ronde mêlée à combien de peur. Tout cela, porté par la vive gracilité de tes bonds. Mais jamais rien n'arrive à cette impossessive ignorance de ton front.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "La biche", written 1924, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 57 [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 Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "La biche", op. 42 no. 1 (1932), published 1966 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 1, Éd. Le Chant du Monde [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "La biche", 1939 [ mixed chorus ], from Six Chansons, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "La biche", op. 61 (Sept mélodies) no. 2 (1972), published 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], Amsterdam, Ed. Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The doe", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Doe", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Das Reh", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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