Au bord de l'eau

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme 1839 (Paris) – 1907 (Châtenay-Malabry)



S'asseoir tous deux au bord d'un flot qui passe,
Le voir passer ;

Tous deux, s'il glisse un nuage en l'espace,
Le voir glisser ;

A l'horizon, s'il fume un toit de chaume,
Le voir fumer ;

Aux alentours, si quelque fleur embaume,
S'en embaumer ;

Si quelque fruit, où les abeilles goûtent,
Tente, y goûter ;

Si quelque oiseau, dans les bois qui l'écoutent,
Chante, écouter...

Entendre au pied du saule où l'eau murmure
L'eau murmurer ;

Ne pas sentir, tant que ce rêve dure,
Le temps durer ;

Mais n'apportant de passion profonde
Qu'à s'adorer ;

Sans nul souci des querelles du monde,
Les ignorer ;

Et seuls, heureux devant tout ce qui lasse,
Sans se lasser,

Sentir l'amour, devant tout ce qui passe,
Ne point passer !

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB AB CB CB DB DB BB BB DB XB AB AB
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 706
Words 122
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme

René François Armand (Sully) Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist.  more…

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