Rosary | I am a ewe running through the carnations

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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Je suis une brebis qui court dans les...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je suis une brebis qui court dans les œillets.
Elle tremble, et sa voix semble toute mouillée
lorsque l'on voit le jour succéder à la nuit :
Car l'aurore est bien froide avant que la brebis
dans le pur arc-en-ciel soit tout ensoleillée...
Renais, soleil ! Du fond des cirques ténébreux,
renaissez, renaissez, Mystères glorieux,
pour la brebis qui tremble au milieu des œillets ?

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Francis Jammes, Clairières dans le Ciel, Paris: Société du Mercure de France, 1906, Page 209.

Text Authorship:

by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, written 1906?, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in L'Église habillée de feuilles, no. 34 [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 Marie Blanche Selva (1884 - 1942), "Rosaire", 1906, published 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Mutuelles [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-06-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 62

Rosary

Language: English after the French (Français)

I am a ewe running through the carnations.
She trembles, and her voice sounds damp
when the day appears following the night:
For the dawn is quite cold before the ewe 
can be bathed in sunlight in the pure rainbow...
Rise again, sun! From the depths of the dark valleys,
rise again, rise again, glorious Mysteries,
for the ewe trembling among the carnations?

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, written 1906?, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in L'Église habillée de feuilles, no. 34
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 63