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by Anna Elizabeth Mathieu, Comtesse de Noailles (1876 - 1933)

Plainte
Language: French (Français) 
Mets les mains sur mon front où tout l'humain orage
Lutte comme un oiseau,
Et perpétue, ainsi qu'au creux des coquillages,
Le tumulte des eaux.

Ferme mes yeux afin qu'ils soient clos et tranquilles
Comme au fond du sommeil,
Et qu'ils ne sachent plus quand passent sur la ville
La lune et le soleil.

Parle-moi de la mort, du songe qu'on y mène,
De l'éternel loisir,
Où l'on ne sait plus rien de l'amour, de la haine,
Ni du triste plaisir ;

Reste, voici la nuit, et dans l'ombre croissante
Je sens rôder la peur ;
- Ah ! laisse que mon âme amère et bondissante
Déferle sur ton cœur...

Text Authorship:

  • by Anna Elizabeth Mathieu, Comtesse de Noailles (1876 - 1933), "Plainte", appears in Le Cœur innombrable, Paris, Éd. Calmann-Lévy, first published 1901 [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 Claude Saint-Yves , "Plainte", published 1922 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-11-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 106

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