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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Ô blanche fleur des airs
Language: French (Français) 
Ô blanche fleur des airs, 
Fleur de l'inexistence, 
Aux immobiles mers 
De radieux silence. 

Comme la mort tu luis 
Dans un ciel solitaire ; 
De toi toute la terre 
Est pâle, cette nuit. 

Ô lune ! vers tes cimes 
D'irrespirable paix, 
Quels frissons unanimes 
Montent de ces bosquets 

Vers tes calmes rivages, 
Du sein tremblant des flots, 
Quelle plainte sauvage 
S'exhale, et quel sanglot !

Ô blanche fleur qui vois 
Notre âme inassouvie, 
Attire-nous à toi 
Au-delà de la vie !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 2. La Tentation, first published 1904 [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 Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Ô blanche fleur des airs", 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from La chanson d'Ève - 1er recueil, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lucie Vellère (1896 - 1966), "Ô blanche fleur des airs" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-10
Line count: 20
Word count: 77

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