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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Rossignol
Language: French (Français) 
Rossignol..., dont le cœur 
plus que des autres exulte, 
prêtre d'amour, dont le culte 
est un culte d'ardeur, 

Ô charmant troubadour 
de la nuit qui te hante, 
tu brodes l'échelle sonnante 
sur son abîme de velours. 

C'est toi la voix des sèves 
qui dans les arbres se tait ; 
Mais à nous, Rossignol, tes élèves, 
tu imposes le même secret.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Rossignol", appears in Poèmes et Dédicaces, in Le Petit Cahier, no. 1, 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 Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Rossignol", op. 62 no. 3 (1972), from Quatre esquisses valaisannes, no. 3 [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: 59

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