Les cloches

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.

by 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)

by Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) , "Les cloches", 1891, from Deux Romances, no. 1.

ENG English (Grant A. Lewis)
ITA Italian (M. T. Bulciolu)
GER German (Bertram Kottmann)

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Le campane

Le foglie s'aprivano sulle cime dei rami,
delicatamente.
Le campane rintoccavano, leggere e schiette,
nel cielo terso.

Ritmico e fervido come un'antifona,
quel richiamo lontano
mi ricordava il candore cristiano
dei fiori dell'altare.

Quelle campane parlavano di anni felici
e, nel folto del bosco,
parevano rinverdire le foglie ingiallite
dei giorni d'un tempo.

Translation from French to Italian by M. T. Bulciolu

a text in French by Paul Bourget (1852-1935) ENG GER

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

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.