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Puisque tout passe, faisons la mélodie passagère ; celle qui nous désaltère, aura de nous raison. Chantons ce qui nous quitte avec amour et art ; soyons plus vite que le rapide départ.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written c1924, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 36, 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 Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Puisque tout passe", op. 27 no. 1 (1950-1), published 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies passagères, no. 1, Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georges Colin (1921 - 2002), "Puisque tout passe", op. 20 no. 2 (1948-52) [ soprano and piano ], from Cinq poèmes français de Rainer-Marie Rilke , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Véronique Dubuis , "Puisque tout passe", published 2008 [ mixed chorus ], from Plumes Valaisannes, no. 8, Fédération des sociétés de chant du Valais ; St-Maurice : Éditions musicales Henry Labatiaz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "Puisque tout passe", op. 21 no. 11 (1983) [ medium voice and piano ], from Vergers, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Puisque tout passe", 1939 [ mixed chorus ], from Six Chansons, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Harold C. King (1895 - 1984), "Vergers XXXVI", 1983, from O Leben, Leben, wunderliche Zeit, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giacomo Manzoni (b. 1932), "Puisque tout passe, faisons", 2006, copyright © 2006 [ chorus ], from Vergers, no. 3, Roma [etc.] : Rai Trade [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegfried Matthus (1934 - 2021), "Puisque tout passe", published 1999 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Mazé (b. 1954), "Puisque tout passe", published 1999 [ women's chorus ], from 6 Poèmes de Rainer Maria Rilke, no. 6, Artchipel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Orthel (1905 - 1985), "Puisque tout passe", op. 61 (Sept mélodies) no. 4 (1972), published 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], Amsterdam, Ed. Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "Puisque tout passe", 1950, copyright © 1980, first performed 1963 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Poèmes de R.M. Rilke, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joop Voorn (1932 - 2021), "Puisque tout passe", 2011, published 2014, copyright © 2014 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Vues des anges, no. 5, Rijswijk, the Netherlands : : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Puix que tot passa", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "Since all is passing", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 31
Since everything passes, let us make fleeting melody; the one that refreshes us will get the better of us. Let us sing that which is leaving us with love and art; let us be quicker than its swift departure.
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Translations of titles:
"Puisque tout passe" = "Since Everything Passes"
"Puisque tout passe, faisons" = "Since everything passes, let us make"
"Vergers XXXVI" = "Orchards XXXVI"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, written c1924, appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 36, first published 1926
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 39