Quand les feux du soleil inondent la nature,
\nQuand tout brille \u00e0 mes yeux et de vie et d\u2019amour,
\nSi je vois une fleur qui s\u2019ouvre, fra\u00eeche et pure,
\nAux rayons d\u2019un beau jour ;<\/p>\n
Si des troupeaux joyeux bondissent dans la plaine,
\nSi l\u2019oiseau chante au bois o\u00f9 je vais m\u2019\u00e9garer,
\nJe suis triste et de deuil me sens l\u2019\u00e2me si pleine
\nQue je voudrais pleurer.<\/p>\n
Mais quand je vois s\u00e9cher l\u2019herbe de la prairie,
\nQuand la feuille des bois tombe jaune \u00e0 mes pieds,
\nQuand je vois un ciel p\u00e2le, une rose fl\u00e9trie
\nEn r\u00eavant je m\u2019assieds.<\/p>\n
Et je me sens moins triste et ma main les ramasse,
\nCes feuilles, ces d\u00e9bris de verdure et de fleurs.
\nJ\u2019aime \u00e0 les regarder, ma bouche les embrasse\u2026
\nJe leur dis : O mes soeurs !<\/p>\n
N\u2019est-elle pas ma soeur cette feuille qui tombe,
\nPar un souffle cruel bris\u00e9e avant le temps ?
\nNe vais-je pas aussi descendre dans la tombe,
\nAux jours de mon printemps ?<\/p>\n
Peut-\u00eatre, ainsi que moi, cette fleur expirante,
\nAux ardeurs du soleil s\u2019ouvrant avec transport,
\nEnferma dans son sein la flamme d\u00e9vorante
\nQui lui donna la mort.<\/p>\n
Il le faut, ici-bas tout se fl\u00e9trit, tout passe.
\nPourquoi craindre un destin que chacun doit subir ?
\nLa mort n\u2019est qu\u2019un sommeil. Puisque mon \u00e2me est lasse,
\nLaissons-la s\u2019endormir.<\/p>\n
Ma m\u00e8re !\u2026 Oh ! par piti\u00e9, puisqu\u2019il faut que je meure,
\nAmis, \u00e9pargnez-lui des chagrins superflus,
\nBient\u00f4t elle viendra vers ma triste demeure,
\nMais je n\u2019y serai plus.<\/p>\n
Et toi, r\u00eave ador\u00e9 de mon coeur solitaire,
\nBelle et rieuse enfant que j\u2019aimais sans espoir,
\nTon souvenir en vain me rattache \u00e0 la terre ;
\nJe ne dois plus te voir.<\/p>\n
Mais si pendant longtemps, comme une image vaine,
\nMon ombre t\u2019appara\u00eet\u2026 oh ! reste sans effroi :
\nCar mon ombre longtemps doit te suivre, incertaine
\nEntre le ciel et toi.<\/p>\n
Juin 1839<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"annee":[],"poems-book":[503],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[517],"class_list":["post-11247","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","poems-book-poesies-diverses-nerval","poete-gerard-de-nerval"],"yoast_head":"\n