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by Charles Messager (1882 - 1971), as Charles Vildrac

Chanson d'hiver
Language: French (Français) 
Sur ma tête, sur mes mains, 
  Sur les herbes, 
Le fourmillement menu 
  De la pluie 
Depuis deux jours dure, dure. 
  Et continuera demain. 

Mais dans l'air déjà moins froid, 
  Ce soupir ? 
Mais cette clarté soudain,
  Ce signal
Qui se glisse entre les arbes
  Comme le regard d'une aube ?

Quel doigt pitoyable écarte 
  Un instant 
Les voiles accumulés 
  De l'hiver ?

C'est pour consoler la terre 
  Et les pierres ; 
C'est pour les sentiers, c'est pour 
  Les bruyères. 
C'est pour les bouleaux et c'est 
  Pour mon cœur. 

Deux oiseaux l'un après l'autre,
  Comme en rêve, 
Font : il viendra, il viendra, 
  Le printemps ! 

Pose donc un peu ta charge 
Et sans la quitter des yeux 
Détends-toi, soupire et chante, 
  Sens-toi jeune. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Messager (1882 - 1971), as Charles Vildrac, "Chanson d'hiver", written 1914-20, appears in Chants du désespéré 1914-1920, no. 24, Paris, NRF Gallimard, first published 1920 [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 Henk Badings (1907 - 1987), "Chanson d'hiver", 1935, published 1948 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Twee liederen, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-01-18
Line count: 30
Word count: 117

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