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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Rose, venue très tard, que les nuits...
Language: French (Français) 
Rose, venue très tard, que les nuits amères arrêtent
par leur trop sidérale clarté,
rose, devines-tu les faciles délices complètes
de tes sœurs d'été ?
Pendant des jours et des jours je te vois qui hésites
dans ta gaine serrée trop fort.
Rose qui, en naissant, à rebours imites
les lenteurs de la mort.

Ton innombrable état te fait-il connaître
dans un mélange où tout se confond,
cet ineffable accord du néant et de l'être
que nous ignorons ?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), no title, appears in Poèmes français, in 3. Les Roses, no. 23, first published 1927 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

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