by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Pénitente
Language: French (Français)
L'Automne est comme un coup de lance répandu, La saison où la terre expose ses blessures Sous les déchirements de sa robe de bure Afin de retrouver le ciel qu'elle a perdu.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Pénitente", written 1923-25, appears in Les livres des quatrains, in 3. Troisième livre, no. 9 [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 Jean Papineau-Couture (1916 - 2000), "Pénitente", 1947, copyright © 1947 [voice and piano], from Quatrains, no. 1, Montréal, Éd. Doberman-Yppan [ sung text verified 1 time]
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