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by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair

Les mains lentes sous la lampe
Language: French (Français) 
Les mains lentes sous la lampe
Jouant avec les reflets
Tressent d'invisibles guirlandes
De songeries et de regrets.

La dentelle des brodeuses
Enlace leurs âmes aussi,
Et dénoue une trame heureuse
En fleurettes de souci.

Vers une fenêtre endormie
Sous la lune du clair jardin
Voltigent les câlines mains
Sous la lampe épanouie,

Et leur fragile volonté
Croise d'un jeu soudain tragique
Le fil d'anciennes destinées
Sur leurs ongles ironiques.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair, "Les mains lentes sous la lampe", appears in Sonatines d'automne, in Lieds, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Librairie académique Perrin, first published 1895 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Louis Aubert (1877 - 1968), "Brodeuses", 1908, published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Crépuscules d'automne, no. 5, Paris, Édition Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jules Chevallier (1866 - 1923), "Les mains lentes sous les lampes", published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Édition Carl Selva [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charlotte Marie Louise Durey (1887 - 1955), as Charlotte Sohy, "Les Mains Lentes", op. 16 [ women's chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 70

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