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by Louis Hyacinthe Bouilhet (1822 - 1869)

La source
Language: French (Français) 
Ils diront, mesurant la profondeur de l'onde 
Et l'horizon bleuâtre ou la vague se perd :
Quel est ce fleuve étrange, épandu sur le monde, 
Pur comme le cristal et grand comme la mer ? 

Sans doute, il vient des monts avec un bruit immense 
Il tombe des sommets ou l'aigle fait son nid ; 
Ou du fond des déserts il s'allonge en silenсе,
Comme un serpent d'azur sur le sable jauni,

Ni des monts escarpés ! ni du désert aride ! 
Passez votre chemin, voyageurs curieux ;
La source du grand fleuve est cette perle humi
Que j'ai bue au départ, en baisant ses beaux yeux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Hyacinthe Bouilhet (1822 - 1869) [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 Eugène Saeys , "La source", 1917/07, published 1922 [ voice and piano ], Paris : A.Z. Mathot [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2025-07-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 101

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