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by Jean-Paul Bovy

Avenir
Language: French (Français) 
Le ciel était si bleu que je pensais y voir l'avenir
le ciel était si clair que le monde me paraissait feêrique 
alors
la fille aux chevaux de lin étendit sa nudité
sur les sables mouvants
qui embrasèrent ses seins de nacre
tout ce-la respirait l'avenir
tout ce-la tendait la main au passé,
le passé qui semblait se confondre avec l'avenir
ainsi
le ciel était si bleu que la fille aux che veux de lin
sou rit à l'avenir.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Paul Bovy  [author's text not yet checked 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 Danielle Baas (b. 1958), "Avenir", op. 104 (2004) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

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