Peace | Peace, in the middle of the harvest

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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

La paix

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

La Paix, au milieu des moissons,
Allaite de beaux enfants nus.
A l'entour, des choeurs ingénus
Dansent au doux bruit des chansons.

Le soleil luit dans les buissons,
Et sous les vieux arbres chenus
La Paix, au milieu des moissons
Allaite de beaux enfants nus.

Les fleurs ont de charmants frissons.
Les travailleurs aux bras charnus,
Hier soldats, sont revenus,
Et tranquilles, nous bénissons
La Paix, au milieu des moissons.

Text Authorship:

by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "La paix", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 21, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1875 [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "La paix", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze rondels, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La paix" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "La paix", <<2011 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Peace", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 13
Word count: 70

Peace

Language: English after the French (Français)

Peace, in the middle of the harvest,
Nurses the beautiful, naked children.
Around her, the innocent choirs
Dance to the sweet sound of the songs.

The sun shines in the bushes,
And under the old, hoary trees
Peace, in the middle of the harvest,
Nurses the beautiful, naked children.

The flowers shiver charmingly.
The workers with [their] plump arms,
Yesterday soldiers, have returned,
And quietly we bless
Peace, in the middle of the harvest.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "La paix", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 21, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1875
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-22
Line count: 13
Word count: 74