Larmes aux fleurs suspendues

Larmes aux fleurs suspendues,
Larmes de sources perdues
Aux mousses des rochers creux ;

Larmes d'automne épandues,
Larmes de [cors]1 entendues
Dans les grands bois douloureux ;

Larmes des cloches latines,
Carmélites, Feuillantines...
Voix des beffrois en ferveur ;

Larmes, chansons argentines 
Dans les vasques florentines 
Au fond du jardin rêveur ;

Larmes des nuits étoilées, 
Larmes [de]2 flûtes voilées 
Au bleu du parc endormi ;

Larmes aux [longs]3 cils perlées,
Larmes d'amante coulées 
Jusqu'a l'âme de l'ami ;

[Gouttes]4 d'extase, éplorement délicieux,
Tombez des nuits ! Tombez des fleurs ! Tombez [des]5 yeux !

Et toi, mon cœur, sois le doux fleuve harmonieux, 
Qui, riche du trésor tari des urnes vides, 
Roule un grand rêve triste aux mers des soirs languides.

Translation(s): ENG GER

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Authorship

• by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Larmes", appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, first published 1893 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Pleurs d'or", op. 72 (1896), published 1897, stanzas 1-3,5-7 [vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano], Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jane Fonssagrives , "Larmes", <<1909 [medium voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies, poèmes d'Albert Samain, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Stéphane Gassot (b. 1987), "Larmes aux fleurs suspendues", 2013, stanzas 1-3,5-7. [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Klaus Miehling , "Larmes", op. 46 no. 3 (1993), published 2014 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Albert Samain, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Larmes", published 1910 [medium voice and piano], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939), "Larmes", op. 32 no. 1 (1908), from Poème, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "Tears of gold", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Tränen aus Gold", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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