by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Qui vient finir le temple de l'Amour ?
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Qui vient finir le temple de l'Amour ? Chacun en emporte une colonne ; et à la fin tout le monde s'étonne que le dieu à son tour de sa flèche brise l'enceinte. (Tel nous le connaissons.) Et sur ce mur d'abandon pousse la plainte.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with The Complete French Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1986, Page 152.
Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written 1924/5, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 17, first published 1926 [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 Harold C. King (1895 - 1984), "Vergers XVII", 1983, from O Leben, Leben, wunderliche Zeit, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Qui vient finir le temple", op. 61 no. 5 (1972), published 1972 [ voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies, no. 5, Amsterdam, Ed. Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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