by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Petite cascade
Language: French (Français)
Nymphe, se revêtant toujours de ce qui la dénude, que ton corps s'exalte pour l'onde ronde et rude. Sans repos tu changes d'habit, même de chevelure; derrière tant de fuite, ta vie reste présence pure.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Petite cascade", appears in Poèmes français, in 2. Les Quatrains Valaisans, no. 1 [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 Narcís Bonet (b. 1933), "Petite Cascade", 1993 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies (Rainer Maria Rilke), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Petite cascade", op. 63 no. 2 (1972), from Six quatrains valaisans, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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