Je suis une orpheline | Je suis une orpheline. Jamais

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by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ich bin ein Waise. Nie

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Ich bin ein Waise. Nie
hat jemand um meinetwillen
die Geschichten berichtet, die
die Kinder bestärken und stillen.

Wo kommt mir das plötzlich her?
Wer hat es mir zugetragen?
Für ihn weiß ich alles Sagen
und was man erzählt am Meer.

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Text Authorship:

by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich bin ein Waise", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mädchen-Gestalten, no. 3 [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 Peter Escher (1915 - 2008), "Die dritte der Mädchengestalten" [ voice and piano ], Basle : Prietto Music Editions [sung text not yet checked]
by Walter Kupfer (1894 - 1962), "Ich bin eine Waise" [ soprano and piano ], from Mädchengestalten, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Dora Pejačević (1885 - 1923), "Ich bin ein Waise", op. 42 no. 3 (1916) [ voice and piano ], from Mädchengestalten, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je suis une orpheline", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2012-03-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

Je suis une orpheline

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Je suis une orpheline. Jamais
personne n'a pour moi
raconté les histoires qui
rendent forts et calmes les enfants.

D'où vient cette pensée soudaine ?
Qui me l'apporte ?
Pour lui je sais toutes les légendes
et ce qu'on raconte sur la mer.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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 German (Deutsch) by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926), "Ich bin ein Waise", appears in Frühe Gedichte, in Mädchen-Gestalten, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 41