by Louis Avennier (1872 - 1924)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI
Le saule pleureur a penché
Vers l'eau ses branches affligées
Qui semblent à jamais chargées
Du poids d'un antique péché.

La ramure longue et flexible,
Triste d'un repentir constant,
Paraît avoir pleuré l'étang
Qui reflète un ciel impassible.

Confirmed with Louis Avennier, Puisque l'oiseau chante..., 2nd edition, Lausanne, F. Payot, 1895, page 22.


Composition:

    Set to music by Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959), "Le saule", B. 14 (c1897) [ voice and piano ], unpublished

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  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "柳", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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