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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Heures ternes
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Voici d’anciens désirs qui passent,
Encor des songes de lassés,
Encor des rêves qui se lassent ;
Voilà les jours d’espoir passés !

En qui faut-il fuir aujourd’hui !
Il n’y a plus d’étoile aucune :
Mais de la glace sur l’ennui
Et des linges bleus sous la lune.

Encor des sanglots pris au piège !
Voyez les malades sans feu,
Et les agneaux brouter la neige ;
Ayez pitié de tout, mon Dieu !

Moi, j’attends un peu de réveil,
Moi, j’attends que le sommeil passe,
Moi, j’attends un peu de soleil
Sur mes mains que la lune glace. 

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Confirmed with Maurice Maeterlinck, Serres chaudes, Bruxelles: Paul Lacomblez, 1912, p.41


Text Authorship:

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

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