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by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

L'arbre
Language: French (Français) 
Sur la plaine sans fin, dans la brise et le vent,
Se dresse l’arbre solitaire,
Pensif, et chaque jour son feuillage mouvant
Jette son ombre sur la terre.

Les oiseaux dans leur vol viennent poser sur lui :
Sont-ils corbeaux, ramiers timides ?
L’affreux lichen le ronge ; il est le sûr appui
Du faible lierre aux nœuds perfides.

Plus d’une fois la foudre et l’autan furieux
Ont fracassé sa haute cime ;
Même il reçoit les coups de l’homme industrieux
Sans s’étonner, triste et sublime.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, written 1899-1901, appears in Les Stances, in 3. Stances, troisième livre, no. 14, Paris, Éd. de La Plume, first published 1901 [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "L'arbre", 1903, published 1903 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-01-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 82

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