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by Catherine Pozzi (1882 - 1934)

Nyx
Language: French (Français) 
Ô vous mes nuits, ô noires attendues
Ô pays fier, ô secrets obstinés
Ô longs regards, ô foudroyantes nues
Ô vol permis outre les cieux fermés.

Ô grand désir, ô surprise épandue
Ô beau parcours de l’esprit enchanté
Ô pire mal, ô grâce descendue
Ô porte ouverte où nul n’avait passé

Je ne sais pas pourquoi je meurs et noie
Avant d’entrer à l’éternel séjour.
Je ne sais pas de qui je suis la proie.
Je ne sais pas de qui je suis l’amour

Text Authorship:

  • by Catherine Pozzi (1882 - 1934), "Nyx", first published 1934 [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 Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "Nyx", op. 25 no. 1 (1987) [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Femmes, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gabriel Marcel (1889 - 1973), "Nyx", 1945-1946 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies. Cahiers 3, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 84

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