Heure vécue

Une nuit brune
D'un soir d'hiver...
Un ciel sans lune...
C'est déjà loin !... et c'est hier.
Ardentes fièvres !
Profond soupir !
Entre leurs lèvres...
Un très long baiser vint mourir.
Et ce fut tout.
Une heure... un charme,
Puis, une larme !
Heure inoubliable, surtout !
Première page
D'un livre aimé,
Vite fermé...
De peur d'en lire davantage.
C'est déjà loin ! et c'est hier.

Translation(s): ENG GER

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Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator] and Peter Low [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by M. Jacquet, Madame [ 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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Heure vécue", 1912, published 1912. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 2 times]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Peter Low) , title 1: "An hour that they lived", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Wahre Stunde", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2011-01-31.
Last modified: 2017-06-07 17:40:10
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Word count: 67

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Wahre Stunde

Eine dunkle 
Winternacht …
ein mondloser Himmel …
es liegt schon weit zurück … und doch erst gestern.
Leidenschaftliche Erregung!
Tiefes Seufzen!
Zwischen ihren Lippen
erstirbt ein sehr langer Kuss
Und das war alles.
Eine Stunde …  ein Entzücken,
dann, eine Träne!
Vor allem eine unvergessliche Stunde!
Die erste Seite
eines geliebten Buchs,
rasch zugeschlagen …
aus Angst, weiterzulesen.
Es liegt schon weit zurück … und doch erst gestern.

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• a text in French (Français) by M. Jacquet, Madame ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Jules Massenet. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2017-06-07.
Last modified: 2017-06-07 17:40:56
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Word count: 69