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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895)

Flots, palmes, sables
 (Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Loin des yeux du monde,
  La mer est profonde,
  Les palmiers sont hauts,
  Les sables sont chauds.

 ... 

S'il te faut les endroits calmes
Où tout chante et tout bénit,
Viens au fond du bois des palmes,
Avec moi, choisir un nid,
Un nid où, morts pour la foule, 
Nous vivrons pour l'eau qui coule,
Pour le ramier qui roucoule
À l'heure où le jour finit.

S'il te faut les endroits mornes
Où le corps est châtié,
Allons au désert sans bornes,
Sous le ciel sans pitié ;
T'ayant là, je serai forte ;
Mourir ! mourir ! que m'importe,
Si je partage, étant morte, 
Ton sépulcre par moitié !

  Loin des yeux du monde,
  La mer est profonde,
  Les palmiers sont hauts,
  Les sables sont chauds.

Composition:

    Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Flots, palmes, sables", L. 38/(25) (1882), stanzas 1,3-5 [ voice and piano and harp ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Flots, palmes, sables", appears in Les nuits persanes, in 5. La solitaire

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Swells, palms, sands", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , José Ignacio Sanz

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-14
Line count: 32
Word count: 162

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