by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)
C'est le repos éclairé, ni fièvre ni...
Language: French (Français)
C'est le repos éclairé, ni fièvre ni langueur, sur le lit ou sur le pré. C'est l'ami ni ardent ni faible. L'ami. C'est l'aimée ni tourmentante ni tourmentée. L'aimée. L'air et le monde point cherchés. La vie. -- Etait-ce donc ceci? -- Et le rêve fraîchit.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), no title, appears in Les Illuminations, in Veillées, no. 1 [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 Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Veillées I", 1999-2000 [ men's chorus (8 voices) and four horns ], from Illuminations, no. 1, Éditions Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
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