Les chevaux blancs de ce matin S'endorment bleu dans la prairie La brume fait de la folie En a fait des chevaux marins Et bleus ils vont vers le lavoir S'étendre aux rives sablonneuses Qu'amolissent les eaux laiteuses Où la fée trempe mes mouchoirs Les cheveux de mon retour Baignent aux étangs de la brume Leur longue crinière d'écume Qu'un ruban de folie parcourt Fait de folie, folle étendue Votre ruban est sans couleur Et votre sang a la paleur De l'aube où je me suis perdue.
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Text Authorship:
- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Les chevaux marins", appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 26, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1939 [author's text not yet checked 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 Louise-Marie Simon (1903 - 1990), as Claude Arrieu, "Les chevaux marins", 1955 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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