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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Reflets
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Sous l'eau du songe qui s'élève 
Mon âme a peur, mon âme a peur. 
Et la lune luit dans mon cœur
Plongé dans les sources du rêve !

Sous l'ennui morne des roseaux.
Seul les reflets profonds des choses,
Des lys, des palmes et des roses
Pleurent encore au fond des eaux.

Les fleurs s'effeuillent une à une
Sur le reflet du firmament.
Pour descendre, éternellement
Dans l'eau du songe et dans la lune.

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•   L. Boulanger 

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First published in the revue La Pléiade, June 1886, and later in Serres Chaudes, 1889.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Reflets", written 1886, appears in Serres chaudes, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1889 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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