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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

J'avais mis de l'air parfumé
Language: French (Français) 
J'avais mis de l'air parfumé 
Dans mon pipeau, l'air qu'on respire
Lorsque l'acacia se mire
À la source du mois de mai.

Quand la jeune fille ramait,
Je jouais et l'entendais rire 
De ce que je n'eusse une lyre 
Comme un poète renommé.

Tout à coup elle fit silence 
Dans le bateau qui se balance ; 
Les bois commençaient de mourir,

Elle écoutait ma flûte fruste 
Pousser encore le soupir
Du printemps parmi les arbustes.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, written 1919, appears in La Vierge et les Sonnets, in 4. Sonnets pour finir, no. 1 [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 Robert Bernard (1900 - 1971), "J'avais mis de l'air parfumé", 1929, published 1930 [medium voice and piano], from Trois Poèmes de Francis Jammes, no. 2, Paris, Édition Durand & Cie [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 74

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