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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Elle avait emporté des brassées de lilas
Language: French (Français) 
Elle avait emporté des brassées de lilas
Et, comme elle partait couverte de printemps,
elle était comme un lys qu'un pollen ravissant
aurait poudré. Son front est lisse, un peu trop grand.
Les lilas qu'elle avait, elle les posa là.
Je me suis approché de ces fleurs fatiguées
d'avoir été tenues un moment dans ses bras.
Courbé comme un enfant de chœur par l'encensoir,
sur leur sombre parfum ma bouche s'est posée.
Elle a tendu la main et m'a dit au revoir.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 9, first published 1906 [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 Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Elle avait emporté", 1999 [ high voice, flute, and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Elle avait emporté des brassées de lilas", op. 355 no. 9 (1956), published 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-12
Line count: 10
Word count: 82

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