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Mon amie, il faut que je parte. Voulez-vous voir l'endroit sur la carte? C'est un point noir. En moi, si la chose bien me réussit, ce sera un point rose dans un vert pays.
Authorship
- by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), from Poèmes français. [author's text not yet checked 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), "Départ", op. 27 no. 5 (1950-1), published 1952 [voice and piano], from Mélodies passagères, no. 5, Schirmer [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , title 1: "Departure", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "Partença", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Abreise", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Abreise", copyright © 2015, (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: 34
My dear one, I must leave. Do you want to see the place on the map? It is a black point. In me, if the thing succeeds, it will be a red point in a green land.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2010 by Thomas A. Gregg, (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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- a text in French (Français) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), from Poèmes français.
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 37