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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

Épigramme III
Language: French (Français) 
N'enfermez pas, amis, aux flancs de l'urne creuse, 
  La cendre de mon corps brûlé ; 
Je ne veux pas, au fond de la nuit argileuse, 
  Dormir mon repos isolé. 

Si l'esprit inquiet habite la poussière 
  De celui qui fut un vivant, 
Laissez-la s'envoler dans la belle lumière, 
  Dispersée au souffle du vent.

Confirmed with Œuvres de Henri de Régnier, Paris, Mercure de France, 1913, page 198.


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), appears in Le miroir des heures, in 11. Épigrammes, no. 3, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1911 [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 Guy Sacre (b. 1948), "Épigramme III", 1989, published 2018 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois épigrammes d'Henri de Régnier, no. 3, Lyon, Éditions Symétrie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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