Mets ta main fine sur mon épaule, O mon amie, La douceur de ce soir garde l'odeur des roses ; Mets ta main fine sur mon épaule : Toute douleur est endormie. Oublions notre peine, Ma toute aimée ; Que motre dernière nuit soit parfumée D'un reste d'odeur de verveine, D'un reste de rêve et de roses de mai. Oublions que notre amour se meurt, Ferme les yeux ; Demain, la tombe enfin sera notre demeure ; Oublions jusque là que notre amour se meurt : L'oubli est bien, La mort est mieux.
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Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "L'oubli", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "L'oubli", op. 14 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Fouret (1888 - 1962), "L'Oubli", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies de Maurice Fouret sur des paroles de T. Klingsor, no. 5, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "L'oubli", published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], from Croquis d'Orient, no. 8, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "L'Oubli", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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