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by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)

Jeanne parle ; elle dit des choses...
Language: French (Français) 
Jeanne parle ; elle dit des choses qu'elle ignore ;
Elle envoie à la mer qui gronde, au bois sonore,
A la nuée, aux fleurs, aux nids, au firmament, 
A l'immense nature un doux gazouillement,
Tout un discours, profond peut-être, qu'elle achève
Par un sourire où flotte une âme, où tremble un rêve,
Murmure indistinct, vague, obscur, confus, brouillé.
Dieu, le bon vieux grand-père, écoute émerveillé.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "Jeanne fait son entrée", appears in L'Art d'être grand-père, in 1. A Guernesey, no. 3 [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 Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Jeanne parle", 1985 [ medium voice and piano ], from L'art d'être grand-père, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 64

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