Toute pure comme le ciel, brûlante comme le feu Aérienne et réelle quel nom te donner pour modèle, Énorme torche bleue? La grande fleur bleue dit: N'ai-je pas réussi à sortir du fond du plus noir saphir ce feu plus pur que la neige? Dans le clair matin de Dieu la grande fleur a frissoné de la gloire d'être née du triomphe d'être bleue! Si jamais Dieu s'ennuyait, qu'il te regarde créature aussi fraîche que le lait, énorme épi de millet, Colonie du clair juillet Madrépore de l'azur!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Claudel (1868 - 1955), "Le delphinium" [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 Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Le delphinium", H. 138 no. 2 (1940), published 1942 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Claudel, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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