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by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916)

Midi
Language: French (Français) 
Et midi luit comme un glaive :
La mer lasse ne peigne plus
Ses flots bouffants et chevelus
Au long des grèves.

Le silence est total et la torpeur
Est si vide qu’elle fait peur.
En vain s’étend le ciel sur le temps et l’espace,
Aucun nuage, aucun oiseau ne passe.
Le soleil chauffe à blanc,
Et seul un peu de sable lent
Sans qu’aucun vent le ride,
Se détache, très doucement,
Du flanc de la dune torride.

Confirmed with Émile Verhaeren, Toute la Flandre. La Guirlande des dunes, Bruxelles, Edmond Deman.


Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), "Midi", written 1907, appears in Toute la Flandre, in La Guirlande des dunes, no. 19, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman [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 Victor Vreuls (1876 - 1944), "Midi", 1915 [ low voice and piano ], from La Guirlande des dunes, no. 3, Ed. L'Art Belge [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 77

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