Dans l’immense tristesse
Music: Lili Boulanger (1893–1918) · Words: Berthe Galeron de Calone (1859–1936)
Dans l'immense tristesse
et dans le lourd silence, Un pas se fait
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The words
Dans l'immense tristesse
et dans le lourd silence, Un pas se fait
entendre, une forme s'avance,
Et vers une humble tombe elle vient se
pencher O femme, en ce lieu saint,
quevienstu donc chercher.
Pourquoi vienstu troubler la paix du
cimetière?
Astu donc un trésor caché sous quelque
pierre, Ou vienstu mendier, à l'ombre des
tombeaux, Pauvre vivante, aux morts,
un peu de leur repos?
Non, rien de tout cela jusqu’ici ne l’amène,
(La lune en cet instant éclairait cette
scène,) Et ce que cette femme,
( hélas!
le coeur se fend, )
Ce que cette femme vient chercher,
c'est un frêle et gracieux enfant,
qui dort sur cette tombe, et qui,
dans sa chimère, Depuis qu'il a vu là
disparaître sa mère, Doux être!
s’imagine en son naïf espoir Qu'elle n'est
que cachée et qu'il va la revoir.
Et l'on dirait, le soir, en vision secrète,
Lorsque le blond enfant sent s’alourdir sa
tête, Et que sa petite âme est lasse de
gémir,
Que sa mère revient chanter pour l'endormir.
About this song
- Music
- Lili Boulanger (1893–1918) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Berthe Galeron de Calone (1859–1936) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- French, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1919, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 3:04
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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