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by Charles Dubois (1877 - 1965)

Printemps
Language: French (Français) 
Dans l'herbe ou brille la rosée
La violette refleurit,
Le ciel à la terre sourit
Comme l'épont à l'épousée.

Par millions palpitant les nids.
Dans l'éclat rose de l'aurore,
Et, triomphal, le soleil dore
La beauté des bois rajeunis ;

Il fait de la vie èternelle
Tressaillir le divin réveil,
Mais il n'est pour moi qu'un soleil,
Ce lui qui brûle en ta prunelle.

Que m'importe si refleurit
La grâce nouvelle des roses ?
Sur tes lévres fraiches écloses
Le printemps en fleur me sourit.

Je n'entends plus dans la ramure 
Les nids chanter : "Avril vainqueur !"
Mais j'écoute au fond de ton cœur
Toute une forêt qui murmure.

Fais comme un voile autour de moi
Flotter ta chevelure blonde,
Je ne veux plus rien voir du monde,
Plus rien n'existe hors de toi.

A mes regards que disparaissent
Les fleurs printanières des bois,
Les fleurs chaque printemps renaissent,
En ne fleuriras qu'une fois.

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Inspired by Giosuè Carducci's poem Primavera classica.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Dubois (1877 - 1965) [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 (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Printemps", published 1907 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-30
Line count: 28
Word count: 152

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