Les cloches (Bourget, set by C. Debussy) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Les feuilles s'ouvraient sur le bord des branches,
délicatement.
Les cloches tintaient, légères et franches,
dans le ciel clément.

Rhythmique et fervent comme une antienne,
ce lointain appel
me remémorait la blancheur chrétienne
des fleurs de l'autel.

Ces cloches parlaient d'heureuses années,
et, dans le grand bois,
semblaient reverdir les feuilles fanées,
des jours d'autrefois.

Authorship

Paul Bourget (1852-1935)

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

Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918)

Deux Romances

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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