Un vol traverse la nuée, La lune est pâle, Froide est la nuit ; Un vol de corbeaux croassant, Quel mystère emplit cette nuit ? Si la lune allait soudain devenir son miroir, Et refléter ses traits, Délicieusement j’en tremble Et mon cœur bat à grands coups ; L’amour monte en moi m’envahit, Mon corps est sa volonté Je souffre et je gémis ; Et pourtant j’ai donné mon cœur A l’homme infidèle Mais ce monde de rosées N’est qu’un monde d’illusions Un vol traversa la nuée, La lune est pâle, Froide est la nuit ; Les cris des oiseaux l’ont déchirée, Quel mystère emplit cette nuit ?
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Text Authorship:
- by René Dumesnil (1879 - 1967) [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 Henri Tomasi (1901 - 1971), "Attente", published 1936, first performed 1936 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Chansons de Geisha, no. 1, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
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