Ma pensée est sereine et rêve parfumée

Ma pensée est sereine et rêve parfumée,
Comme la chambre heureuse où dort la bien-aimée.

Large fleur au cœur blanc qui parfume la nuit,
La lune sur l'étang du ciel s'épanouit.

Ma pensée est sereine et rêve caressée
D'une odeur de santal que tes bras m'ont laissée.

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Submitted by Paul Hindemith

Authorship

• by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, in Nocturnes, no. 2, first published 1875 [ 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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Nocturne", op. 16 no. 2 (1911), published 1912 [medium voice and piano], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand [ sung text checked 1 time]

• by Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Nocturne", published 1920 [high voice and piano or orchestra], from Vingt mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Senart
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