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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

L'évier sent fort
Language: French (Français) 
L’évier sent fort, la muraille est blanche,
les cruches sont fraîches,
le soleil fend la terre sèche.
Entre…

Ce sont de pauvres pauvres.
Voici leur chienne
gonflée de lait et qui dort.
Entre…

La lessive coule
Tristement, tristement
On l’entend. On l’entend.
Entre…

Si tu ne peux plus
supporter ton cœur
dans la ville qui t’a perdu,
entre…

Tu prendras ma main
en baissant le front,
et nous pleurerons.
Entre…

Tout sera plus gai,
tout sera plus tendre.
Je te consolerai.
Entre…

Confirmed with Francis Jammes, De l’Angélus de l’aube à l’Angélus du soir : 1888-1897, Mercure de France., 1921 (p. 215-216).


Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), "L'évier sent fort,", appears in De l'Angélus de l'aube à l'Angélus du soir , first published 1898 [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 Jean Absil (1893 - 1974), "L'évier sent fort", op. 53 no. 1 (1942), published 1962 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Deux poèmes de Francis Jammes, no. 1, Bruxelles, Éd. CéBeDeM [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-31
Line count: 24
Word count: 82

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