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Clairières dans le ciel

Song Cycle by Henri Tomasi (1901 - 1971)

2. Une goutte de pluie  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Une goutte de pluie frappe une feuille sèche,
lentement, longuement, et c’est toujours la même
goutte, et au même endroit, qui frappe et s’y entête…

Une larme de toi frappe mon pauvre cœur,
lentement, longuement, et la même douleur
résonne, au même endroit, obstinée comme l’heure.

La feuille aura raison de la goutte de pluie.
Le cœur aura raison de ta larme qui vrille :
car sous la feuille et sous le cœur, il y a le vide.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Poésies diverses, no. 3

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "A Drop of Rain", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 77
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