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Silence ineffable de l'heure Où le cœur aimant sur un cœur Se laisse en aller et s'endort, -- Sur un cœur aimant qu'il adore !... Musique tendre des paroles, Comme un sanglot de rossignols, Si tendre qu'on voudrait mourir, -- Sur la bouche qui les soupire !... L'ivresse ardente de la vie Fait défaillir l'amant ravi, Et l'on n'entend battre qu'un coeur, -- Musique et silence de l'heure !...
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The ineffable silence of the hour When a loving heart, onto another heart Allows itself to fall asleep, — Next to loving heart which it adores!... The tender music of words, Like a nightingale’s sob, So tender that one would wish to die, — On the mouth of one who whispers them!... The fervent intoxication of life Exhausts the ravished lover, And one can only hear the beating of a heat, -- Music and silence of the hour !…
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