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by Roger Frène (1878 - 1939)

Lunaire
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Aux sources traversant
Les grands draps des prairies
Les cressons frais
Et bleus abritent les crapauds
Qui lancent d'une voix douce,
Jamais tarie dans la lune,
Leur musical et même mot.
Des linges sont restés aux buissons
Des lessives...
Les arbres des jardins de mai
Sentent leurs fleurs invisibles
Tomber à la note plaintive
Qui vient des prés d'argent
Comme d'amoureux pleurs.
Le cerisier léger,
Le bouleau pâle et tendre,
Évaporent un clair feuillage adolescent
Et s'illuminent jusqu'à ne devenir que cendre
Sous le vague baiser de l'azur caressant.
Les flûtes des cressons
Chantent leur pur nocturne ...
La lunaire clarté glisse dans les ruisseaux,
Inonde la vallée ainsi qu'une grande urne
Et remplit l'âme des hommes
Et des troupeaux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Roger Frène (1878 - 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 Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), "Lunaire", 1914, published 1924 [ voice and orchestra ], from Triptyque, no. 2, Paris: Deiss & Crépin [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Moonlight", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-11-01
Line count: 25
Word count: 119

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