Les arbres du jardin Se découpent dans l'air léger du soir, Comme s'ils étaient peints sur une fine soie. Le bel oiseau gris qui se balance Sur la branche d'un pêcher fleuri Se garde de troubler le silence d'un seul cri ; Tout dort... Et la lune qui se mire en l'eau du lac Est comme une mince barque au milieu d'un parc illuminé d'or.
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Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Paysage", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [author's text not yet checked 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 Jean Cartan (1906 - 1932), "Le paysage", 1926, published 1927 [ voice and piano or flute, harp, and string quartet ], from Cinq Poèmes de Tristan Klingsor, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Paysage", op. 56 no. 2 (1914-1916), first performed 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies sur des poésies extraites de la "Shéhérazade" de T. Klingsor (1er Recueil), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Paysage", published 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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