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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

Août
Language: French (Français) 
Par les branches désordonnées
Le coin d’étang est abrité,
Et là poussent en liberté
Campanules et graminées.

Caché par le tronc d’un sapin,
J’y vais voir, quand midi flamboie,
Les petits oiseaux, pleins de joie,
Se livrer au plaisir du bain.

Aussi vifs que des étincelles,
Ils sautillent de l’onde au sol,
Et l’eau, quand ils prennent leur vol,
Tombe en diamants de leurs ailes.

Mais mon cœur, lassé de souffrir,
En les admirant les envie,
Eux qui ne savent de la vie
Que chanter, aimer et mourir !

Confirmed with Œuvres complètes de François Coppée. Poésies, Tome II, Librairie L. Hébert, 1892, pages 345-346.


Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Août", written 1878, appears in Les Récits et les Élégies, in Élégies, in 3. Les mois, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1878 [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 Charles Mélant (1855 - 1916), "Août" [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Mois - 12 poésies de F. Coppée, no. 8, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-20
Line count: 16
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