Ce peu d’océan, arrivant de loin, Mais c’est moi, c’est moi qui suis de ce monde, Ce navire errant, rempli de marins, Mais c’est moi, glissant sur la mappemonde, Ce bleu oublié, cette ardeur connue Et ce chuchotis au bord de la nue, Mais c’est moi, c’est moi qui commence ici, Ce cœur de silence étouffant ses cris, Ces ailes d’oiseaux près d’oiseaux sans ailes, Mais c’est moi, c’est moi dans l’humain souci. Courage partout, il faut vivre encore Sous le ciel qui n’a plus mémoire de l’aurore !
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Text Authorship:
- by Jules Supervielle (1884 - 1960), "Ce peu", appears in Ciel et terre, 1939-1945, no. 4 [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), "Ce peu d'océan, arrivant de loin", op. 276 no. 1 (1947), published 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de J. Supervielle, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-23
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