by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Prière sentimentale
Language: French (Français)
Aider les cœurs, si soumis et si tendres, tout cela blesse. Qui saurait bien la tendresse défendre de la tendresse. Pourtant la lune, clémente déesse, ne blesse aucune. A, de nos pleurs où elle tombe sans cesse, sauvez la lune !
Confirmed with Poèmes français. Vergers. Les Roses. Les Fenêtres. Carnet de Poche. Poèmes épars, Paris: Paul Hartmann, ed., 1935, page 177.
Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Prière sentimentale", subtitle: "D'une Amante", appears in Poèmes français, in 7. Poèmes épars [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 Raffaele d'Alessandro (1911 - 1959), "Prière sentimentale", op. 21 (Trois chants) no. 3 (1938) [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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