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by Isaac Félix Suarès (1868 - 1948)

Ha, que la chair ...
Language: French (Français) 
Ha, que la chair féminine est suave !
Et quelle âpre douceur
Elle sait allumer en notre âme, sa sœur,
Qui la redoute et qu'elle brave.
Que ces contours et que leur forme d'arc,
Ces courbes et ces lèvres,
Nous appellent de loin, et quelles fleurs, ces parcs
Entr' ouvrent à nos fièvres.
C'est la séduction du désir se levant
Comme un soleil de rêve,
L'horizon du bonheur, et même décevant
Cet éternel frisson de la volupté brève
Qui fait qu'on veut mourir, et qu'on meurt en vivant.

Text Authorship:

  • by Isaac Félix Suarès (1868 - 1948) [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 René Lenormand (1846 - 1932), "Ha, que la chair ...", op. 94 no. 2, published 1913 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies, poésie de André Suarès, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-08-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 87

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