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by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901/1903 - 1937)

Naissance du jour
Language: French (Français) 
Avez-vous déjà vu l’aube aller en maraude
au verger de la nuit ?
La voici qui en revient
par les sentes de l’Est
envahies des glaïeuls en fleurs :
elle est toute entière maculée de lait
comme ces enfants élevés jadis par des génisses ;
ses mains qui portent une torche
sont noires et bleues comme des lèvres de fille
mâchant des mûres.

S’échappent un à un et la précèdent 
les oiseaux qu’elle a pris au piège.

Confirmed with Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Presque-Songes, 1934


Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901/1903 - 1937), "Naissance Du Jour", appears in Presque-Songes, first published 1934 [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 Tebogo Monnakgotla (b. 1972), "Naissance du jour", 2009 [ mixed chorus ]
        Publisher: svensk Musik [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 74

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