Les rivières riaient, de village en village, Déplaçant les reflets, mêlant les paysages Au plus pur de leurs eaux, Puis les emportaient tous, les jetaient pêle-mêle Au milieu de la mer Et les toits des maisons, les bouleaux naufragés Et quelques baldaquins Qui n'étaient que mirages Rassasiaient fort mal le ventre des requins.
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Authorship:
- by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960), written 1959, appears in Le corps tragique, in Les poissons rouges, no. 5, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1959 [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 Ernst Alexander 'Sas' Bunge (1924 - 1980), "Les rivières riaient", 1970, published 1974 [ medium voice and piano ], from 3 poèmes de Jules Supervielle, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
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