by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Pureté
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Comme un nombreux essaim les fleurs de glycine Malgré le gel léger sur le mur blanc butinent. Une grappe échappée avec l’air se confond Et le pâle soleil avec vos cheveux blonds.
Confirmed with Francis Jammes, Le Premier livre de quatrains, Mercure de France, 1923, Page 14.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Pureté", written 1923-5, appears in Les livres des quatrains, in 1. Premier Livre, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean Apothéloz (1900 - 1965), "Pureté", 1943 [ medium voice and piano ], from Au Jardin de Francis Jammes, no. 3, MS [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert de Roos (1907 - 1976), "Pureté", 1932, from Cinq Quatrains de Francis Jammes (I), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
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