The Project Gutenberg EBook of Femmes Revees, by Albert Ferland This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Femmes Revees Author: Albert Ferland Release Date: May 16, 2004 [EBook #12365] Language: French Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FEMMES REVEES *** Produced by Renald Levesque and "La bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec" Pour lire a la femme aimee. [Illustration] ALBERT FERLAND FEMMES REVEES _ Preface de M. Louis Frechette_ Laureat de l'Academie francaise. MDCCCXCIX Preface Femmes revees, tres joli titre, mais encore plus joli sujet. Les reves, les femmes! La poesie, la jeunesse! Toutes les sonorites du coeur, tous les rayonnements de l'intelligence! En dehors de cela, c'est-a-dire du Beau--sous ses formes les plus subtiles comme les plus tangibles--et de l'Art qui en est la formule et la plus sublime manifestation symbolique, qu'est-ce que la vie, sinon la vegetation de la plante ou l'inconsciente croissance du mollusque? Oui, joli titre, joli sujet, et je puis ajouter: joli petit volume, qui possede, entre autres qualites, celle d'etre modeste comme son auteur, et sans pretention comme les precedents ecrits tombes de la meme plume. Je ne sais si M. Ferland est un sentimental; il doit l'etre un peu: tous les poetes et les fervents de l'Art le sont plus ou moins. Mais il a le bon esprit, ce dont je ne saurais trop le feliciter, de ne pas exhiber devant le public les recoins intimes de son etre, de son _moi_--pour me servir d'une expression en vogue--et de ne pas arreter les passant par les basques de leur habit pour leur seriner sur tous les tons la gamme de ses joies et de ses tristesses. Il n'appartient pas a cette categorie de poetes saules-pleureurs qui semblent ne pouvoir respirer ni soupirer sans servir a tout propos et a tous venants les fragments avaries de leur coeur ranges sur un plateau comme des tranches de melons; de ces poetes qui ne peuvent savourer un moment d'ivresse ni eprouver un acces de chagrin, sans etre piques du desir d'epancher tout cela dans le sein de la publicite; un de ces poetes qui ne saurait aimer ni etre aimes sans mettre leurs contemporains dans leurs confidences, afin que nul n'en ignore. Chacun son gout, mais moi j'ai peu de sympathies pour ces poetes a consciences deboutonnees, a commencer par Alfred de Musset, qui, lui au moins, semait du genie dans ses jeremiades d'amoureux deconfit. Vous avez aime, la belle affaire! On vous a aime, la belle histoire! Vous avez pleure... Est-ce quelque chose de si rare? et vous croyez-vous une exception pour cela? A mon avis, on doit aimer dans l'ombre et pleurer en silence,--surtout les poetes qui, dit-on, ont le privilege d'aimer te partant de pleurer plus souvent qu'a leur tour. M. Ferland a aime, je n'en doute pas; il a du pleurer quelquefois, on n'a pas l'ame d'un artiste sans cela. Mais sa plume est trop discrete pour nous reveler le mystere de ses intimites. Il connait trop le public, du reste--surtout celui de notre epoque et de notre pays--pour s'imaginer un instant qu'on puisse ressusciter... . . . . Page illisible . . . . . Page illisible . ...n'est plus que le reve du souvenir, helas! Lorsque Zeuxis eut a peindre sa JUNON LACINIENNE, les Agrigentins lui permirent de choisir pour modeles les plus belles femmes de leur ville. Elles defilerent toutes devant lui, et son choix tomba sur cinq d'entre elles, qu'il fit poser ensemble ou separement, prenant a chacune la principale caracteristique de sa beaute propre, et reunissant le tout dans une seule et meme conception ideale, afin d'arriver le plus pres possible de la perfection des formes et des couleurs. Il en resultat un chef-d'oeuvre qui, bien que detruit depuis des milliers d'ans, vit encore dans la tradition des siecles et des generations. M. Ferland a use du meme procede: et c'est ce qui fait que tous peuvent reconnaitre dans son oeuvre quelques-uns des traits qu'ils on adores, quelques-unes des facettes particulieres aux diamants de leur ecrin; que chacun peut retrouver, comme egarees dans ces feuillets, quelques reminiscences des parfums qu'ont laisses derriere eux les chers et doux fantomes qui ont illumine sa vie. Maintenant, si je me permettais un reproche, je dirais au jeune poete: "Vous avez celebre la femme dans sa beaute plastique, dans sa beaute paienne--un peu trop paienne peut-etre. J'aimerais, dans vos strophes, entendre chanter un peu plus clair, un peu plus sonore, cet harmonieux clavier qui est l'_ame_ de la femme." Cela viendra sans doute. LOUIS FRECHETTE. A la femme Qu'en tous lieux ou l'on s'aime, Feuillets, un vent vous seme! Sans treve et sans retour, Allez! et que dans l'ombre Des retraites sans nombre Ou l'on reve d'amour, Melancolique, un jour, La Femme vous recueille, Comme une fleur des bois Qu'un vent d'octobre effeuille Et fait rouler parfois Humide et parfumee Sous les pas de l'aimee. A. F. Femmes Revees Adoration Exaltation Quant on exalterait les femme d'Occident Ou des mysterieux royaumes de l'Asie, Le galbe de l'almee ou le regard ardent Des filles de Florence et de l'Andalousie, Quand on exalterait les brunes cancenis Dont la danse aux palais des radjahs se deroule Et l'hetaire hellene immolant a Cypris Sa parfaite beaute de femme hierodoule, Quand on exalterait les graces de Lia L'heroique Judith, Susanne et Madeleine, Les charmes de Lucrece et de Marozzia, La reine de Lemnos ou la princesse Helene Je douterais encor qu'un poete ait chante, Dans ses heures d'extase et d'amoureuse ivresse, Une femme du siecle ou de l'antiquite Plus que toi gracieuse, aimante et charmeresse. Litanies de la Femme O toi que l'Eternel forma des chairs de l'homme Et qui fais tressaillir nos coeurs des qu'on te nomme Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! Souveraine des coeurs et gloire de l'hymen, Toi dont nous sommes nes, tige du genre humain, Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! Chef-d'oeuvre du Tres-Haut, toi par qui sa feconde Et sage omnipotence a termine le monde, Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! O toi qui sans unir la force a la fierte, Sais regner par l'attrait, la grace et la bonte Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! Toi par qui s'accomplit, adorable mystere, La generation des peuples de la terre, Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! Toi dont l'amour eleve et fait l'homme plus fort Pour combattre le mal et marcher vers la mort Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! O toi seule qui sais d'un baiser de tes levres Pacifier nos coeurs et temperer nos fievres, Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! Toi qui portes dans l'ame et dans ta chair en feu Le vestige eclatant du passage de Dieu, Femme, daigne repondre au noble amour de l'homme! PRIERE O femme, gloire a toi! Qu'en son idolatrie, Chacun des fils d'Adam se prosterne et te prie D'agreer le tribut de sa virilite! Fais que tout homme aspire a devenir ton pretre Et sans cesse altere des charmes de ton etre Soit a jamais heureux d'exalter ta beaute! Holocauste Puisque vous ne sauriez vous lasser, o mes yeux, D'admirer la splendeur de sa beaute charnelle, Subissez a jamais son charme imperieux Et soyez obsedes des feux de sa prunelle. Puisqu'il m'est douloureux d'oser, en mon amour, Vous sevrer du nectar de sa bouche incarnate, Mes levres, brulez donc de boire chaque jour Son baiser qui parfume ainsi qu'un aromate. Puisque en moi s'est accru le desir obsesseur D'etreindre follement ses mains d'imperatrice, O mes mains, recherchez leur contact enchanteur Jusqu'a ce que le temps pour toujours les fletrisse. CHANTS D'AMOUR _Tires du "Cantique des Cantiques"_ Va, mange et bois; parce qu'a Dieu plaisent tes oeuvres. Qu'en tout temps tes vetements soient blancs et que l'huile parfumee ne manque pas sur ta tete. Jouis de la vie avec la femme que tu aimes, pendant tous les jours de ta vie de vanite que Dieu t'a donne sous le soleil, car il n'y a ni oeuvre, ni pensee, ni sagesse, dans le sejour des morts, ou tu vas. ECCLESIASTE IX, 7, 10. Chants d'Amour I LES FILLES DE JERUSALEM Dis-nous, o jeune femme Dis-nous ton bien-aime L'aime qui, d'un pur cinname, Ton lit doit etre parfume. L'EPOUSE Celui que mon coeur aime est un bouquet de myrrhe; Son baiser dont l'ardeur est celle du midi Est non moins odorant que le nard de Palmyre Et meilleur que le sang des vignes d'Eugaddi. LES FILLES DE JERUSALEM Dis-nous, o jeune femme Dis-nous ton bien-aime L'aime qui, d'un pur cinname, Ton lit doit etre parfume. L'EPOUSE Que ne m'est-il donne d'etre a son ombre assise! Son aspect est pareil a celui de l'Hermon; Des filles de Sion plus d'une en est eprise; C'est une huile epandue et rare que son nom. LES FILLES DE JERUSALEM Dis-nous, o jeune femme Dis-nous ton bien-aime L'aime qui, d'un pur cinname, Ton lit doit etre parfume. L'EPOUSE Admise en ses celliers, j'inclinerai l'amphore, Et, vous distribuant le nectar des festins, Je me plairai, joyeuse, a vous redire encore Que son baiser vainqueur est meilleur que les vins. LES FILLES DE JERUSALEM Dis-nous, o jeune femme Dis-nous ton bien-aime L'aime qui, d'un pur cinname, Ton lit doit etre parfume. L'EPOUSE Je suis brune et pourtant mon roi m'a comparee A ses coursiers trainant le char de Pharaon; Je suis belle a ses yeux, quoique decoloree, Plus que les pavillons du sage Salomon. LES FILLES DE JERUSALEM Dis-nous, o jeune femme Dis-nous ton bien-aime L'aime qui, d'un pur cinname, Ton lit doit etre parfume. L'EPOUSE Ne considerez plus que je me sais halee, Dans les flots lumineux qui baignaient les sentiers, Lorsqu'en mai je m'en suis septante fois allee Garder ma vigne en fleur au jardin des noyers. LES FILLES DE JERUSALEM Dis-nous, o jeune femme Dis-nous ton bien-aime L'aime qui, d'un pur cinname, Ton lit doit etre parfume. L'EPOUSE Celui que mon coeur aime est un bouquet de myrrhe; Son baiser dont l'ardeur est celle du midi Est non moins odorant que le nard de Palmyre Et meilleur que le sang des vignes d'Engaddi. II Beaute des Epoux L'EPOUX Vois donc, ma soeur, epouse, o fontaine scellee, Comme ton corps est svelte et d'aspect gracieux! L'EPOUSE Vois donc, o mon epoux, o lis de la vallee, Comme en toi toute chose est parfaite a mes yeux! L'EPOUX Tes cheveux sont pareils a des troupeaux de chevres Poursuivant sur les monts leurs chemins coutumiers. L'EPOUSE La myrrhe, o bien-aime, distille de tes levres, Tes cheveux sont pareils aux pousses des palmiers. L'EPOUX Tes mains qui des couleurs de l'aurore sont teintes Semblent deux papillons autour de toi volant. L'EPOUSE Tes mains, faites au tour, sont pleines d'hyacinthes, Et ta tete superbe est un or excellent. L'EPOUX Tes yeux dont le regard a blesse ma prunelle Sont purs comme les flots des vasques d'Hesebon. L'EPOUSE Tes yeux a qui mon corps chastement se revele Sont clairs comme les eaux des puits de Salomon. FEMMES REVEES A l'ideal ouvre ton ame, Mets dans ton coeur beaucoup de ciel, Aime une nue, aime une femme, Mais aime!--C'est l'essentiel! THEOPHILE GAUTHIER L'Inconnue Cette femme qui passe au lever de la lune, Voilee et dont le voile est le jouet du vent, Cette femme qui passe et se deult sur la dune, Me disais-je revant, Est-elle une beaute brune, blonde ou chataine, Cachant, le coeur emu, sous un voile jaloux, Des epaules de neige ou des tresses d'ebene, Ou des yeux andalous? Vient-elle de l'Attique ou de l'Occitanie, Du Nil ou de l'Indus, de Rome ou de Paris, Ou se dit-elle enfant de la Lusitanie Ou d'un autre pays? Se nomme-t-elle Ea, Berenice ou Pauline, Armide ou Madeleine, Eliane ou Ninon, Isaure, Iole, Ida Nohemie, Jacqueline, Ou d'un plus joli nom, Cette femme qui passe au lever de la lune, Voilee et dont le voile est le jouet du vent Cette femme qui passe et se deult sur la dune? Me disais-je en revant... Reve Les cheveux flottants et la gorge nue, Au sein d'un val ou j'etais seul, Une femme est venue Calme, en traversant l'ombre d'un tilleul, Elle s'embellit d'un sourire Quand elle me vit seul, Et, parfumant l'air d'une odeur de myrrhe, Elle vint s'asseoir pres de moi Ne cessant de sourire. Puis elle m'offrit, vibrante d'emoi, Le baiser de sa levre rose, En s'inclinant sur moi, Les cheveux flottants, la bouche mi-close. La Chasseresse J'aime a fantasier la sereine beaute De cette virginale et blonde chasseresse Que, telle qu'aux accents d'un sylvain redoute Fuyaient dans les roseaux les nymphes en detresse, En me voyant, furtif, pres d'elle, en tapinois, Oeillader sa demarche altiere, s'est enfuie Adorablement belle, a travers les grands bois, Un jour que le soleil souriait dans la pluie. Chant des Pleureuses Ayons comme les jours de la triste saison Nos heures de soleil et de melancolie; Autant qu'il nous est doux de rire a la folie, Qu'il nous plaise parfois de pleurer sans raison. Pleurons, pleurons pleureuses que nous sommes Pleurons, pleurons, loin du regard des hommes, Pleurons quand la tristesse entenebre nos yeux, Pleurons lorsque le coeur s'enamoure et s'ennuie; Que nos chagrins, pareils aux nuages des cieux, Se dissipent en pleurs comme ils tombent en pluie! Qu'il est plaisant de voir, ainsi que brusquement S'ensoleille en avril l'azur apres l'ondee, Une pleureuse encor de larmes inondee S'illuminer soudain d'un sourire charmant! Pleurons, pleurons pleureuses que nous sommes Pleurons, pleurons, loin du regard des hommes, Pleurons quand la tristesse entenebre nos yeux, Pleurons lorsque le coeur s'enamoure et s'ennuie; Que nos chagrins, pareils aux nuages des cieux, Se dissipent en pleurs comme ils tombent en pluie! Dolentes et les yeux empreints de nonchaloir Sachons parfois, ainsi qu'a l'ombre des platanes Le coeur alangouri soupirent les sultanes, Meme au doux mois des fleurs gemir et nous doloir. Pleurons, pleurons pleureuses que nous sommes Pleurons, pleurons, loin du regard des hommes, Pleurons quand la tristesse entenebre nos yeux, Pleurons lorsque le coeur s'enamoure et s'ennuie; Que nos chagrins, pareils aux nuages des cieux, Se dissipent en pleurs comme ils tombent en pluie! Le Bois Vous souvient-il qu'un jour aupres des flots tranquilles, Sous le dais de ces bois moussus et parfumes Ainsi que les pastours des anciennes idylles, Nous nous sommes aimes? Vous souvient-il encor des bois ou nous allames Alors qu'aux vents de mai neigeaient les eglantiers, Alors que sans retour s'allumait en nos ames L'amour que vous chantiez? Le divin souvenir de ces heures lointaines, Doux, triste, vous fait-il quelquefois regretter De n'avoir plus au coeur les esperances vaines Qui vous faisaient chanter? Helas! nos corps ainsi que ces bois seculaires Par les soleils d'avril ne sont plus rajeunis, Car, o femme, a jamais sont mortes nos chimeres Et nos fronts sont ternis! Les Preceptes de l'Amour Adolescent ta chair dompteras, Afin de vivre longuement. Vierge ton corps tu garderas Jusqu'a l'hymen jalousement Honnete point ne marcheras Devers la tombe isolement. Nulle femme ne connaitras Hors de l'hymen charnellement. Selon ton coeur tu choisiras Une femme discretement. Chretien tu te multiplieras Par le sang et l'enseignement. Table des Matieres PREFACE DEDICACE ADORATION Exaltation Litanies de la Femme Holocauste CHANTS D'AMOUR I Dis-nous, o jeune femme II Beaute des Epoux FEMMES REVEES L'inconnue Reve La Chasseresse Chant des Pleureuses Les Bois Preceptes de l'Amour TABLE. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Femmes Revees, by Albert Ferland *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FEMMES REVEES *** ***** This file should be named 12365.txt or 12365.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/3/6/12365/ Produced by Renald Levesque and "La bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec" Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. 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