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by Louis Renou (1896 - 1966)

A la terre
Language: French (Français) 
La terre
sa large plaine 
elle porte les herbes 
elle possède
océan et le fleuve
sur elle s'anime ce qui respire et vibre

A la terre appartiennent les quatre horizons 
ce qui respire et vibre 
elle le porte
Poitrine d'or 
la vaste terre brune, 
rouge ou noire 
ton corps
la terre est une mère
La vaste terre mère des plantes
puissions-nous marcher le long d'elle toujours

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Renou (1896 - 1966) [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 Kaija Saariaho (1952 - 2023), "A la terre", 1996 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Château de l'âme, no. 2, Chester Music Ltd
        Publisher: Wise Music Classical [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 66

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