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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Sur le Guadalquivir, en sortant de...
Language: French (Français) 
Sur le Guadalquivir, en sortant de Séville,
Quand l'œil à l'horizon se tourne avec regret,
Les dômes, les clochers font comme une forêt ;
À chaque tour de roue il surgit une aiguille.

D'abord la Giralda, dont l'ange d'or scintille,
Rose dans le ciel bleu, darde son minaret ;
La cathédrale énorme à son tour apparaît
Par-dessus les maisons, qui vont à sa cheville.

De près, l'on n'aperçoit que des fragments d'arceaux :
Un pignon biscornu, l'angle d'un mur maussade,
Cache la flèche ouvrée et la riche façade.

Grands hommes, obstrués et masqués par les sots,
Comme les hautes tours sur les toits de la ville,
De loin vos fronts grandis montent dans l'air tranquille !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Perspective", subtitle: "Sonnet", written 1844, appears in España, first published 1845 [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 Danièle Hecquet (b. 1954), "España" [ SAT chorus or SAB chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 112

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