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by Jeanne Cuisinier (1890 - 1964)

Sonnet
Language: French (Français) 
Si vous voulez ce soir, regarder dans mon cœur
D'un regard amical, vous verrez la confiance
Entière de mon être et le désir intense
De reconnaître en vous mon ami le meilleur.
Le soir est silencieux. Vous saurez la douceur
Que m'apporte toujours votre chère présence.
Même je vous dirai que ma tendresse immense
Et mon plus cher secret et mon rare bonheur.
Il suffira ce soir de vos yeux dans mon âme :
Vous y verrez l'amour danser comme une flamme.
Les sourires, les pleurs, les rêves de toujours.
Mais je ne dirai pas, ô cher, je vous le jure
Les longs instants cruels de muette torture,
Ni le deuil désolé qui nourrit mon amour.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jeanne Cuisinier (1890 - 1964) [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 (Julianus Marie) August De Boeck (1865 - 1937), "Sonnet", 1911-12, published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Seven French Songs, no. 4, Éd. Georges Oertel; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-09-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 115

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