by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Pastorale
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Des brebis pacageaient près des ruines d’un mur, La source où nous buvions était pleine d’air pur. Mon enfant s’était endormi sous l’aubépine De la montagne. Au loin luisait la mer divine.
Text Authorship:
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "Pastorale" [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), "Pastorale", 1932, from Cinq Quatrains de Francis Jammes (I), no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Pastorale", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-31
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