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by Paul de Chazot (1802 - 1880)

Dans la plaine immense
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Dans la plaine immense,
Le travail commence
Aux feux du matin,
Au doux chant des merles,
Quand d'humides perles
Tremblant sur le thym,
Enfants, jeunes filles,
prenez vos faucilles
Coupez blés et fleurs;
Quand la plaine est blonde,
Chantez votre ronde,
Joyeux moissonneurs.
Chantez, chantez, joyeux moissonneurs.

Fauchez sans relâche,
Hardis à la tâche,
Fauchez le sillon,
Les épis superbes
Qui roulent leurs gerbes
Dans un tourbillon;
La vive alouette 
Se lêve inquiète,
Craignant pour son nid;
La jeune couvée
Sera préservée,
Car Dieu la bénit.
Chantez, chantez, joyeux moissonneurs.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul de Chazot (1802 - 1880) [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Dans la plaine immense" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830 - 1914), "La ronde des moissonneurs" [ high voice and piano ], from Premier recueil de vingt-cinq Mélodies chant et piano de J. Faure, no. 10, Édition Heugel 'Au Ménestrel' [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "In an immense field", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 90

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