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by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903)

Parmi châtaigniers et genêts
Language: French (Français) 
Parmi châtaigniers et genêts
Où s’émouchaient, sans pouvoir paître,
Des montures sous le harnais,
Ronflait l’humble fête champêtre.

Les crincrins et les cornemuses,
La ripaille, un soleil de feu,
Allumaient tout un monde bleu
À faces longues et camuses.

Et, tandis que ce flot humain
— L’enfance comme la vieillesse —
Battait les airs de sa liesse…
En grand deuil — au bord du chemin,

Les yeux fermés, — morte aux vacarmes,
Une femme étranglait ses larmes
À genoux, devant une croix.

Rien n’aura l’horreur et l’effroi
De ces pleurs gouttant, sans rien dire,
Dans cet énorme éclat de rire.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Maurice Rollinat, Paysages et paysans, Paris, Fasquelle, 1899, pages 195-196.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "À l’assemblée", appears in Paysages et paysans [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 Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "L’Assemblée" [ voice and piano ], from Pastorales, vingt mélodies, paroles de Maurice Rollinat, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 100

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