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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Le Pot de fleurs
Language: French (Français) 
Parfois un enfant trouve une petite graine,
Et tout d'abord, charmé de ses vives couleurs,
Pour la planter, il prend un pot de porcelaine
Orné de dragons bleus et de bizarres fleurs.

Il s'en va. La racine en couleuvres s'allonge,
Sort de terre, fleurit et devient arbrisseau ;
Chaque jour, plus avant, son pied chevelu plonge
Tant qu'il fasse éclater le ventre du vaisseau.

L'enfant revient ; surpris, il voit la plante grasse
Sur les débris du pot brandir ses verts poignards ;
II la veut arracher, mais la tige est tenace ;
II s'obstine, et ses doigts s'ensanglantent aux dards.

Ainsi germa l'amour dans mon âme surprise ;
Je croyais ne semer qu'une fleur de printemps :
C'est un grand aloès dont la racine brise
Le pot de porcelaine aux dessins éclatants.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Le Pot de fleurs", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Le Pot de fleurs", 2013 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Pierre Boulez (1925 - 2016), "Le Pot de fleurs", 1942, sketch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Olga Nazaykinskaia (b. 1962), "Le Pot de fleurs", 2011, published 2011 [ soprano and piano ], from Chansons d'une étrangère pour soprano et piano, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 127

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