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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Depuis tant de semaines tout nous...
Language: French (Français) 
Depuis tant de semaines tout nous dispute nos
règles d'hiver. Il faudra, il faut
désarmer, s'adoucir, laisser faire
l'inévitable printemps héréditaire.

Déjà le nid dans mon oreille est assez doux
pour que ta voix y vienne, coucou.
Dépose dans cet écrin le long collier de tes cris
dont le fermoir perdu nous occupe. Tant pis!

C'est vous, Cytise et Citronelle,
qui me faites encore sentir mon enfance.
Ô des étés la longue chance
sûre, lente et mutuelle.
C'est toi, mon coeur en permanence,
que je réclame aux fugitives
choses, à ces ombres vives
qui traversent mes attirances.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Coucou", appears in Exercises et évidences [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 Maximilian Beckschäfer (b. 1952), "Cytise et Citronelle" [ soprano and mixed chorus ], from Les saisons de mon coeur, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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