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by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)

Pleine eau
 (Sung text for setting by C. Koechlin)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Rire au matin; courir dans l'ondoiement des herbes;
Croire à tout; secouer au ciel, comme des gerbes,
La rose floraison des gaîtés de vingt ans;
Être aimé de la vie, et fleurir le printemps;
Ébaucher un amour dès qu'un hiver s'achève;
 ... 

Puis, au long bercement des barques, triomphant, 
Éclabousser le fleuve avec des cris d'enfant;
Regarder le sillage ouvrir ses larges trames;
Faire chanter la mousse au choc brusque des rames;
Et, plus beau qu'un dieu grec, plonger ses flancs nerveux
Dans l'eau verte qui fuit en léchant les cheveux;
Sentir, comme un toucher d'amantes inconnues,
Le frais baiser des flots glissant sur les chairs nues;
Descendre...
             Et ce soir, loin, les pêcheurs trouveront,
Des nénuphars aux pieds et des algues au front,
Calme et serein, couché, blanc sur la vase brune,
Un corps froid qui sommeille en regardant la lune...

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Pleine eau", op. 7 (Quatre Poèmes d'E Haraucourt) no. 2 (1890-2), orchestrated 1897

Text Authorship:

  • by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "Pleine eau", appears in L'Âme nue, in 1. La Vie extérieure, in 3. Les Formes, no. 6

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "High water", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Flut", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 150

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