Liquidity | The clusters of wisteria mimic waterfalls

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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Liquidité

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Les grappes de glycine imitent les cascades,
L'herbe luit, telle une eau qui se ride en coulant,
Et le ciel ordinaire au bleu taché de blanc
Semble un lac suspendu plein de voiles nomades.

Confirmed with Francis Jammes, Le premier livre de quatrains, Paris: Mercure de France, 1923, Page 22.

Text Authorship:

by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Liquidité" [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 Robert de Roos (1907 - 1976), "Liquidité", 1932, from Cinq Quatrains de Francis Jammes (I), no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Liquidity", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2025-08-31
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Word count: 34

Liquidity

Language: English after the French (Français)

The clusters of wisteria mimic waterfalls,
The grass glistens, like water rippling as it flows,
And the usual sky of blue spotted with white 
Seems a suspended lake filled with nomadic sails.

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a text in French (Français) by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Liquidité"
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This text was added to the website: 2025-08-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 32