Je parle pour les fleurs qui me liront demain
comme l’homme aujourd’hui traduit rosa la rose
A vous œillets géants ou lauriers nains
je livre le secret de ces métamorphoses
Un feu d’enfer sur terre épargnera vos graines
et nos cendres seront l’engrais du souvenir
que vous retrouverez dans un défaut de plaine
entre le nouveau monde et le dernier soupir
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From Ballades pour fantômes, in "Poésie 50", no. 61, P. Seghers, Paris, 1950, the last poem (14th).
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "Faire-part", written 1950?, Éd. Seghers, first published 1950 [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 Jean-Michel Damase (1928 - 2013), "Faire-part", op. 26 no. 6 (1952), published 1954 [ medium voice and piano ], from No Exit - 6 poèmes de Paul Gilson, no. 6, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
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