{"id":15628,"date":"2025-05-16T22:49:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rimes.fr\/blog\/?post_type=poemes&p=15628"},"modified":"2025-05-16T22:49:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:49:45","slug":"la-lys","status":"publish","type":"poemes","link":"https:\/\/www.rimes.fr\/blog\/poemes\/la-lys\/","title":{"rendered":"La lys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c0 M. et \u00e0 Mme Georges De Craene.<\/em><\/p>\n

Lys tranquille, Lys douce et lente,
\nDont le vent berce, aux bords, les herbes et les plantes,
\nVous entourez nos champs et nos hameaux, l\u00e0-bas,
\nDe mille et mille m\u00e9andres,
\nPour mieux tenir serr\u00e9e, entre vos bras,
\nLa Flandre.<\/p>\n

Et vous allez et revenez,
\nSans angoisse et sans mar\u00e9e,
\nAutomne, hiver, \u00e9t\u00e9, printemps ;
\nEt vous avez toujours le temps,
\nComme les gens de nos contr\u00e9es.
\nEt votre cours s\u2019en va vers les pauvres maisons
\nEt les hauts clochers blancs, dont les quatre abat-sons
\nJettent vers le jour proche
\nChaque matin, la voix des cloches ;
\nEt les fermes et les jardins et les pr\u00e9s roux,
\nDont vous baignez le bout,
\nPoss\u00e8dent tous, pour venir jusqu\u2019\u00e0 vous,
\nUn escalier fait dans la terre ;
\nEt servantes et lavandi\u00e8res
\nEn descendent les vacillants degr\u00e9s de pierre,
\nEt l\u2019on entend leurs voix chanter de clos en clos ;
\nEt retentir, soudain, dans les hameaux,
\nL\u2019\u00e9cho,
\nQuand le bruit flasque et renvers\u00e9 des seaux
\nTombe dans l\u2019eau.<\/p>\n

Sur vos digues, tranquillement, au pied des saules,
\nUn vieux p\u00eacheur t\u00eatu maintient, droite, sa gaule,
\nB\u00e2ton d\u2019ombre, fixe et mouvant, sur les flots clairs ;
\nDes canards blancs, au bec jaune et lustr\u00e9, s\u2019avancent,
\nVoguent et tout \u00e0 coup happent les cressons verts
\nQui d\u00e9corent les bords sinueux de vos anses.<\/p>\n

Et de rares chalands passent en vos lueurs,
\nDe lents et lourds chalands tra\u00een\u00e9s par les haleurs,
\nDont la corde parfois \u00e0 vos buissons s\u2019accroche,
\nTandis qu\u2019au gouvernail, qu\u2019il man\u0153uvre des reins,
\nNonchalamment, la pipe aux dents, les mains en poche,
\nLe batelier s\u2019appuie et fredonne un refrain.<\/p>\n

Lys tranquille et familiale,
\nOn vous adore au fond des bourgs et des hameaux ;
\nVous refl\u00e9tez leurs deuils et c\u00f4toyez leurs maux,
\nTout comme, aux temps joyeux, vous mirez dans vos eaux,
\nLes cort\u00e8ges, les guirlandes, et les drapeaux
\nDes kermesses paroissiales.<\/p>\n

Et tout au loin, l\u00e0-bas, entre Deynze et Courtrai,
\nAvec vos bras, vos poings, vos mains et vos doigts d\u2019onde,
\nVous rouissez patiemment le lin sacr\u00e9,
\nVous, la plus souple ouvri\u00e8re qui soit au monde ;
\nEt votre obscur labeur est si myst\u00e9rieux,
\nAu fond du lourd limon, de la vase et des cendres,
\nQue nulle part ailleurs, sous la clart\u00e9 des cieux,
\n\u00d4 Lys ! toile n\u2019est blanche autant qu\u2019en Flandre.<\/p>\n

Et vous groupez \u00e0 vos c\u00f4t\u00e9s les humbles gens
\nQui travaillent ga\u00eement sur leurs m\u00e9tiers agiles,
\nLes fins tissus plus clairs que la neige et l\u2019argent ;
\nLe tisserand, pench\u00e9 vers ses trames fragiles,
\nRenoue adroitement les fils rompus et tors,
\nEt le soleil qui glisse entre eux sa clart\u00e9 nette,
\nFrappant le va-et-vient ail\u00e9 de la navette,
\nLa transforme au passage en brusque insecte d\u2019or.<\/p>\n

M\u00eame aux jours noirs de deuil, de p\u00e9ril et de guerre,
\nVous vous f\u00eetes, \u00d4 Lys, la s\u00fbre auxiliaire
\nDes vieux bourgeois flamands contre le roi fran\u00e7ais :
\nVos eaux pour les sauver inond\u00e8rent la plaine,
\nEt l\u2019arm\u00e9e enlisa sa vengeance et sa haine
\nDans le pi\u00e8ge fangeux de vos marais secrets.<\/p>\n

Ainsi, Lys h\u00e9ro\u00efque, utile, aimante et sage,
\nComme un mouvant bienfait vous fr\u00f4lez les maisons,
\nEt vous vous attardez, en votre long voyage,
\nPour n\u2019oublier personne au fond des horizons.<\/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 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