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by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)

L'éternité
 (Sung text for setting by L. Hoiby)
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Language: French (Français) 
 Elle est retrouvée.
 Quoi? - L'Eternité.
 C'est la mer allée
 Avec le soleil. 

 Ame sentinelle,
 Murmurons l'aveu
 De la nuit si nulle
 Et du jour en feu.

 Des humains suffrages,
 Des communs élans
 Là tu te dégages
 Et voles selon.

 Puisque de vous seules,
 Braises de satin,
 Le Devoir s'exhale
 Sans qu'on dise: enfin.

 Là pas d'espérance,
 Nul orietur.
 Science avec patience,
 Le supplice est sûr.

 Elle est retrouvée.
 Quoi? - L'Eternité.
 C'est la mer allée
 Avec le soleil.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lee Hoiby (1926 - 2011), "L'éternité", 1982, from Trois Poèmes de Rimbaud, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "L'éternité", written 1872, appears in Vers nouveaux et chansons

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 78

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