Nous baignons dans une eau tranquille qui ai de tous nos mouvements; Et nous avons fait choix d'un ciel qui n'est qu'une autre transparence. Lumière égale sur nos fronts, clarté pareille sur nos mains et, dans le fond de nos poitrines, lumière et clarté confondues!
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Text Authorship:
- by Louis Émié (1900 - 1967), written 1941 [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 André Jolivet (1905 - 1974), "Nous baignons dans une eau tranquille", 1933-1943, published 1949, first performed 1944 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Poèmes intimes, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
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