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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Ce ne sont pas des souvenirs
Language: French (Français) 
Ce ne sont pas des souvenirs 
qui, en moi, t'entretiennent ; 
tu n'es pas non plus mienne 
par la force d'un beau désir. 

Ce qui te rend présente, 
c'est le détour ardent 
qu'une tendresse lente 
décrit dans mon propre sang. 

Je suis sans besoin 
de te voir apparaître; 
Il m'a suffi de naître 
pour te perdre un peu moins.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Rainer Maria Rilke, When I go, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2017


Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Portrait intérieur", appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 31 [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 Gordon Ware Binkerd (1916 - 2003), "Ce ne sont pas des souvenirs", 1972, published 1973 [ mezzo-soprano, violin, violoncello ], from Portrait intérieur, no. 2, New York : Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Elisabeth Gillioz (b. 1961), "Il m'a suffi de naître" [ mixed chorus ], Éditions musicales Henry Labatiaz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jake Heggie (b. 1961), "Portrait intérieure", 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes intérieurs de Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pierrette Mari (b. 1929), "Ce ne sont pas des souvenirs", 1959 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

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