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by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet

Pays natal
 (Sung text for setting by C. Hess)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
J’ai pris le sentier qui suit la vallée,
Le jli sentier de genêts ;
Ce sentier, je le reconnais.
Toute la ramure est ensoleillée,
Il me semble que je renais !

Après de trop longues années,
Je reviens au pays natal ;
Bien des illusions, helas ! se sont fanées,
Que j’emportai d’espoir enrubannées,
Doux bagage sentimental !

Je veux oublier les épreuves
Qui m’attendaient où j’ai passé,
Chercher des illusions neuves,
Et que tout soit effacé
Des miseres de passé !

Voici les bruyères roses,
Voici les prés reverdis !
Enfant, j’amais déjà la douceur de ces choses,
Maintenant que j’y viens l’âme et le cœur grandis,
Je crois entrer au paradis !

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles-Léon Hess (1844 - 1926), "Pays natal", 1903?, published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Frissons, no. 8, Éd. J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "Pays natal", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 8

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