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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Vers le soleil s’en vont ensemble
Language: French (Français) 
Vers le soleil s’en vont ensemble
Mes pensées, divines sœurs.
Elles chantent ; l’air pâle en tremble,
Comme s’il y tombait des fleurs.

Une s’attarde la dernière,
Tristement, au bord du chemin
D’où monte l’âme du matin
Et la rosée à la lumière.

Celle-là qui s’évanouit,
Au fond de ses larmes mortelles,
Ne chante pas, mais c’est par elles
Que le soleil l’attire à lui.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Charles Van Lerberghe, La Chanson d’Ève, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1904 (2e éd.), page 199.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 4. Crépuscule, no. 7, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904 [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 Eva Ruth Spalding (1882 - 1969), "Vers le soleil", 1923, published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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