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by Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872 - 1952)

Tandis que la lune montait, lourde et...
Language: French (Français) 
Tandis que la lune montait, lourde et triste dans le ciel orageux, j'ai songé :

Il n'y a plus de mots assez profonds pour exprimer notre amour.

Il n'y a plus de chants assez doux pour en dire la tristesse.

Plus de cris assez éclatants pour en proclamer la joie.

Je resterai devant toi la tête droite, les mains calmes, les genoux serrés.

Et, dans le silence, je te regarderai.

J. Pillois sets stanzas 2-6

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872 - 1952), no title, written 1908, appears in Le livre pour toi, Paris, Éd. Albin Michel, first published 1908 [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 Gustave Ferrari (1872 - 1948), "Tandis que la lune montait", 1922, published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies pour soprano du 'Livre pour Toi', no. 4, New York, Composers' Music Corporation [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Pillois (1877 - 1935), as Jacques Desky, "Il n'y a plus de mots assez profonds", subtitle: "Oraison", 1926, published 1927, first performed 1927, stanzas 2-6 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six proses lyriques, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-24
Line count: 6
Word count: 69

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