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by André Lebey (1877 - 1938)

Mer grise
Language: French (Français) 
La mer immensément soupire dans la nuit
A travers Le silence éveillé par les palmes
La mer immensément déroulé une onde calme
Où baigne le sillon dˋune lune aux tons gris.

La mer immensément étalé du mystère
Où dˋondulation des voiles et des ailes
Fair vivre le silence, où l’ombre jusqu’au ciel
Recule l’horizon dont s’agrandît la terre

Et le vent qui se lêve et chante dans les feuilles
Le froissement qu’il glisse au long de leurs rameaux
Sème une volupté de peur et de tombeau
Vers qui l’odeur des fleurs est un encens des deuils

Text Authorship:

  • by André Lebey (1877 - 1938) [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 Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Mer grise", published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes maritimes, no. 1, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 96

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