Groupes de travailleurs, fi\u00e9vreux et haletants,
\nQui vous dressez et qui passez au long des temps
\nAvec le r\u00eave au front des utiles victoires,
\nTorses carr\u00e9s et durs, gestes pr\u00e9cis et forts,
\nMarches, courses, arr\u00eats, violences, efforts,
\nQuelles lignes fi\u00e8res de vaillance et de gloire
\nVous inscrivez tragiquement dans ma m\u00e9moire !<\/p>\n
Je vous aime, gars des pays blonds, beaux conducteurs
\nDe hennissants et clairs et pesants attelages,
\nEt vous, b\u00fbcherons roux des bois pleins de senteurs,
\nEt toi, paysan fruste et vieux des blancs villages,
\nQui n\u2019aimes que les champs et leurs humbles chemins
\nEt qui jettes la semence d\u2019une ample main
\nD\u2019abord en l\u2019air, droit devant toi, vers la lumi\u00e8re,
\nPour qu\u2019elle en vive un peu, avant de choir en terre ;<\/p>\n
Et vous aussi, marins qui partez sur la mer
\nAvec un simple chant, la nuit, sous les \u00e9toiles,
\nQuand se gonflent, aux vents atlantiques, les voiles
\nEt que vibrent les m\u00e2ts et les cordages clairs ;
\nEt vous, lourds d\u00e9bardeurs dont les larges \u00e9paules
\nChargent ou d\u00e9chargent, au long des quais vermeils,
\nLes navires qui vont et vont sous les soleils
\nS\u2019assujettir les flots jusqu\u2019aux confins des p\u00f4les ;<\/p>\n
Et vous encor, chercheurs d\u2019hallucinants m\u00e9taux,
\nEn des plaines de gel, sur des gr\u00e8ves de neige,
\nAu fond de pays blancs o\u00f9 le froid vous assi\u00e8ge
\nEt brusquement vous serre en son immense \u00e9tau ;
\nEt vous encor mineurs qui cheminez sous terre,
\nLe corps rampant, avec la lampe entre vos dents
\nJusqu\u2019\u00e0 la veine \u00e9troite o\u00f9 le charbon branlant
\nC\u00e8de sous votre effort obscur et solitaire ;
\nEt vous enfin, batteurs de fer, forgeurs d\u2019airain,
\nVisages d\u2019encre et d\u2019or trouant l\u2019ombre et la brume,
\nDos musculeux tendus ou ramass\u00e9s, soudain,
\nAutour de grands brasiers et d\u2019\u00e9normes enclumes,
\nLamineurs noirs b\u00e2tis pour un \u0153uvre \u00e9ternel
\nQui s\u2019\u00e9tend de si\u00e8cle en si\u00e8cle toujours plus vaste,
\nSur des villes d\u2019effroi, de mis\u00e8re et de faste,
\nJe vous sens en mon c\u0153ur, puissants et fraternels !<\/p>\n
\u00d4 ce travail farouche, \u00e2pre, tenace, aust\u00e8re,
\nSur les plaines, parmi les mers, au c\u0153ur des monts,
\nSerrant ses n\u0153uds partout et rivant ses cha\u00eenons
\nDe l\u2019un \u00e0 l\u2019autre bout des pays de la terre !
\n\u00d4 ces gestes hardis, dans l\u2019ombre o\u00f9 la clart\u00e9,
\nCes bras toujours ardents et ces mains jamais lasses,
\nCes bras, ces mains unis \u00e0 travers les espaces
\nPour imprimer quand m\u00eame \u00e0 l\u2019univers dompt\u00e9
\nLa marque de l\u2019\u00e9treinte et de la force humaines
\nEt recr\u00e9er les monts et les mers et les plaines,
\nD\u2019apr\u00e8s une autre volont\u00e9.<\/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":[710],"poems-book":[699],"poemes-theme":[],"poete":[654],"class_list":["post-15608","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-710","poems-book-la-multiple-splendeur","poete-emile-verhaeren"],"yoast_head":"\n