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by Louis Hennevé

À nos morts ignorés
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il n'est pas besoin d'une pierre
Aux lieux où reposent nos morts.
Notre cœur est leur cimetière
Qui garde, vivant reliquaire
Leur souvenir comme un trésor.
 
Il n'est pas besoin de couronnes
Pour fleurir leur dernier repos ;
Le seule palme qu'on leur donne
Survit aux rouilles de l'automne
Et pousse à l'ombre du drapeau.
 
Il n'est pas besoin de prière
Pour leur ouvrir le paradis,
Car Dieu reçoit, en sa lumière,
Ceux qui l'ont bien servi sur terre
Et qui meurent pour leur patrie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Hennevé  [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "À nos morts ignorés", 1915, published 1918 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 2ème volume, no. 16, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "To our unknown dead", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps

This text was added to the website: 2015-11-01
Line count: 15
Word count: 84

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