Si l'on chante un dieu,
ce dieu vous rend son silence.
[Nul de nous ne s'avance
que vers un dieu silencieux.]1

Cet imperceptible échange
qui nous fait frémir,
devient l'héritage d'un ange
sans nous appartenir. 

E. Janson sets stanza 1

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¹ omitted by Janson.

Text Authorship:

• by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), appears in Poèmes français, in 1. Vergers, no. 9 [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 Joop Voorn (1932 - 2021), "Si l'on chante", 2011, published 2014, copyright © 2014 [ soprano and clarinet ], from Vues des anges, no. 3, Rijswijk, the Netherlands : : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Erik Janson (b. 1967), "Ce soir mon cœur fait chanter", 2008 [ soprano and violoncello ], from Fragmente nach Rilke, no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 36