L'aube et le soir la regardent de loin midi lui donne un franc baiser et la nuit se penche sur elle Je suis le Printemps matinal qui fait saigner sur toi la branche du pêcher Je suis l'Été, le baiser mâle qui te donne à midi le moissonneur hâlé Je suis l’Automne qui s’attarde à goûter des fruits mûrs au bord de ton basin Et je suis l’Hiver aux mains vides qui t’écoute pleurer dans la nuit désolée
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Authorship:
- by Lucien Jacques (1891 - 1961) [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 Jean-Émile-Paul Cras (1879 - 1932), "Hommage à la fontaine", 1923, published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fontaines, no. 1, Éd. Maurice Sénart (Salabert) [sung text checked 1 time]
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