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by Marcelle Tinayre, née Chasteau (1870 - 1948)

L'éternelle berceuse
Language: French (Français) 
Laissez flotter votre pensée
Loin de rieurs et de jaloux,
Dans un songe d'amour plus doux
Le cœur ému, l'âme apaisée,
O grand enfant, 
sur mes genoux,
Tout en rêvant, 
endormez-vous.

Quelle tristesse grave ou folle,
A mis ces larmes dans vos yeux?
Ouvrez votre cœur soucieux
La femme devine et console.
O grand enfant, 
sur mes genoux,
Tout en pleurant, 
endormez-vous.

Toujours épris d'une chimère,
Désireux de ce qu'on défend
Dans l'homme survit un enfant,
En toute femme est une mère;
Et les enfants 
sur ses genoux,
Petits ou grands, 
s'endorment tous.

Text Authorship:

  • by Marcelle Tinayre, née Chasteau (1870 - 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 Paul Dupin (1865 - 1949), "L'éternelle berceuse", 1893, published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois légendes, no. 2, Paris, Éditions Durand & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 93

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