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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Mesange
Language: French (Français) 
Ô toi, petit cœur, qui hivernes 
avec nous au milieu des rigueurs, 
tu te poses --, tendre lanterne 
de vie --, sur les arbres en pleurs ; 

je contemple ce feu qui t'allume 
à travers ton plumage dru, 
et moi, plus caché à la brume 
je ne crains de m'éteindre non plus. 

A-t-elle peur de demain cette neige ? 
En effet, elle durcit en vain ; 
mais nous, qu'une flamme protège, 
nous aurons la joie de demain.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Mésange", appears in Poèmes et Dédicaces, in Le Petit Cahier, no. 2, first published 1920-6 [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 Ramona Luengen (b. 1960), "Mésange", 1998 [ mixed chorus ], Cypress Publishing [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Mesange", op. 62 no. 2 (1972), from Quatre esquisses valaisannes, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

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