Dans les chardons bleus, qu’elle se fait tendre, La voix de la mer qui s’enfle au rivage Quand saurais-je, ô nuit, ô dunes, Comprendre le bonheur qui m’est échu en partage. Ainsi, j’écoute, en me penchant aux fleurs L’écho si léger du lointain murmure Qui berce en mon âme leurs pâles couleurs. Les dunes sans lune à moi se mesurent: On y voit si peu que tout est mon âme Et, n’est ce pas vous, fleurs devant les eaux Fleurs givrées du sel de ces sables calmes Qui peuplez d’azur mon âme aux yeux clos D’azur et de neige et de la musique née de la mer grise Entendue finement, fleurs Entre vos doux entrechoquements, Echo d’un chant venu des horizons mystiques.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Fort (1872 - 1960), "Par les dunes", written 1914, appears in Collection de Vers et Prose, no. 3, appears in Ballades françaises et chroniques de France, in La tourangelle, in 1. Nocturnes, Paris, Eugène Figuière, first published 1914 [author's text not yet checked 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 Fernand Lamy (1881 - 1966), "Par les dunes", 1918, published 1923 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes, paroles de Paul Fort, no. 2, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Tomasi (1901 - 1971), "Par les dunes", published 1931, first performed 1933 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Deux Mélodies, poésies de Paul Fort, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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