Inscription sur le sable

Toute, avec ta robe et ses fleurs,
Elle, ici, redevint poussière,
Et son âme emportée ailleurs
Renaquit en chant de lumière.

Mais un léger lien fragile
Dans la mort brisé doucement,
Encerclait ses tempes débiles
D'impérissables diamants.

En signe d'elle, à cette place,
Seules, parmi le sable blond,
Les pierres éternelles tracent
Encor l'image de son front.

by Charles van Lerberghe (1861-1907)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) , "Inscription sur le sable", op. 106 no. 8, from Le jardin clos, no. 8.

ENG English (Douglas Watt-Carter)
DUT Dutch (Pieter van der Woel)

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