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by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs

Le Serment
Language: French (Français) 
«Lorsque l'eau des fleuves remontera 
jusqu'aux sommets couverts de neiges ; 
lorsqu'on sèmera l'orge et le blé 
dans les sillons mouvants de la mer ;

Lorsque les pins naîtront des lacs 
et les nénufars des rochers, 
lorsque le soleil deviendra noir, 
lorsque la lune tombera sur l'herbe.

Alors, mais alors seulement, 
je prendrai une autre femme, 
et je t'oublierai, Bilitis, 
âme de ma vie, coeur de mon cœur». 

Il me l'a dit, il me l'a dit ! 
Que m'importe le reste du monde ! 
Où es-tu, bonheur insensé 
qui te compares à mon bonheur !

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs, "Le Serment", appears in Les Chansons de Bilitis, in Bucoliques en Pamphylie, no. 43 [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 Jeanne Bernard (1895 - 1965), "Le Serment" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Kosma (1905 - 1969), "Le Serment", 1954, published 1954 [ voice and piano ], from operetta Les Chansons de Bilitis, no. , Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aimée Strohl (1865 - 1941), "Le Serment", published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], from Bilitis, Poème en 12 chants, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Toledo & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 90

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