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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Le destin
Language: French (Français) 
L'amour de la femme 
Est l'ombre d'une palme sur le sable.
L'amour de l'homme 
Est le seul simoûn 
Qui puisse briser cette palme
Et fixer ainsi son ombre.

Messaouda ! dans la nuit de ton sépulcre
Souviens-toi du jardin solitaire
Où je t'ai conduite un jour !

C'était un jardin entre des murailles 
Si hautes que les cimes de ses arbres 
Ne les depassaient point.

C'était un jardin serti 
Dans des murailles blanches,
Comme une émeraude cachée 
Dans une fleur de magnolia.

Messaouda ! souviens-toi du matin paisible
Où tu t'es courbée sous mon amour,
Comme une palme sous le simoûn :

Mais, à force de souffler, 
Le simoûn recouvre de sable 
Le rameau qu'il a brisé.

Ô ma longue palme, 
Que le sable du cimetière
Soit léger sur ton sépulcre.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le destin", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 13, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1911 [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 Louis Aubert (1877 - 1968), "Le destin", 1917, published 1917 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Six poèmes arabes, no. 6, Paris, Édition Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Vincenzo Tommasini (1878 - 1950), "Le destin", 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-02
Line count: 25
Word count: 127

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