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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

J'ai fleuri l'ombre odorante
Language: French (Français) 
J'ai fleuri l'ombre odorante
Et j'ai parfumé la nuit
De la senteur expirante
De ces roses d'aujourd'hui.

En elles se continue,
Pétale à pétale, un peu
Du charme de t'avoir vue
Les cueillir toutes en feu.

Est-ce moi, si ce sont elles?
Tout change et l'on cherche en vain
A faire une heure éternelle
D'un instant qui fut divin;

Mais tant qu'elles sont vivantes
De ce qui reste de lui
Respire l'ombre odorante
De ces roses d'aujourd'hui.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Chanson", written 1902?, appears in La Cité des eaux, in Odes et poésies, no. 17, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1902 [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 Adolphe Borchard (1882 - 1967), "J'ai fleuri l’ombre odorante", published 1922 [medium voice and piano], from Trois Mélodies sur des Poèmes de Henri de Régnier, no. 2, Éd. Evette & Schaeffer [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

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