by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
La paix
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
La Paix, au milieu des moissons, Allaite de beaux enfants nus. A l'entour, des choeurs ingénus Dansent au doux bruit des chansons. Le soleil luit dans les buissons, Et sous les vieux arbres chenus La Paix, au milieu des moissons Allaite de beaux enfants nus. Les fleurs ont de charmants frissons. Les travailleurs aux bras charnus, Hier soldats, sont revenus, Et tranquilles, nous bénissons La Paix, au milieu des moissons.
Text Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "La paix", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 21, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1875 [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "La paix", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze rondels, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La paix" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "La paix", <<2011 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Peace", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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