by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
C’est un calme bassin et tellement...
Language: French (Français)
C’est un calme bassin et tellement limpide Que même de tout près il semble qu’il soit vide. L’œil atteint sans arrêt le lit de sable blond Que par endroits soulève en légers tourbillons Plus doux que de la soie, et sans la moindre bulle, La brise souterraine et qui dans l’eau circule.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Francis Jammes, Ma France poétique, Paris: Mercure de France, 1926, Page 196.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Fontaine sainte", written 1926, appears in Ma France poétique, in 2. Eau, in 1. Sources et fontaines, no. 5 [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 Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "La fontaine sainte", op. 352 no. 2 (1956), published 1956 [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from Fontaines et sources, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Pathé Marconi [sung text checked 1 time]
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