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by André Alexandre (1860 - 1928)

Les abeilles
Language: French (Français) 
Midi ! tout l'azur vibre de lumière;
Dans la ruche active, au soleil d'été
Un bruit sourd grandit, monte, s'exaspére,
Par d'innombrables ailes bourdonné.

Et brusque un essaim de folles abeilles,
Trouvant trop étroit l'odorant logis, 
S'en va, ruisselant de clartés vermeilles,
Aux vergers lointains bâtir d'autres nids.

Filles de ma ruche, aimables compagnes
Au doux corselet d'or et de rayon,
Dans votre fuite à travers les campagnes,
Vous suivra l'esprit du vieux Palémon.

Allez! butinez par les lourdes treilles,
Les lauriers en fleurs, les rosiers grimpants
Oubliez, hélas! le pasteur d'abeilles
Qui vous chérissait comme ses enfants.

Text Authorship:

  • by André Alexandre (1860 - 1928) [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 Félix-Alfred Fourdrain (1880 - 1923), "Les abeilles", published 1913 [soprano or tenor and piano], Milan: Ricordi [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-03-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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