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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Nuage, nuage
Language: French (Français) 
Nuage, nuage,
Beau passant de l'air,
Roulé dans l'orage,
Fendu par l'éclair ;
Couves-tu des flammes
Dans ton flanc vermeil ?
Portes-tu les âmes
Filles du soleil ?

Prends donc sur ton aile
Mon âme avec toi ;
Mon âme éternelle
Est lasse de moi.
Mon âme flétrie
Qui vacille en bas,
Sent que sa patrie
Est là-bas ! là-bas !

Prends-donc... mais que dis-je !
À peine ma voix
Te parle, ô prodige !
À peine je vois
Rayonner ta robe
En reflet confus,
Le vent te dérobe,
Passant ! tu n'es plus !

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Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, ed. by Marc Bertrand, Grenoble : Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "La Vie", written 1839, appears in Bouquets et prières, no. 8, first published 1843 [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 Mélanie Adélaïde Simplice Dentu (1806 - 1874), "Le Nuage", 1851 [ medium voice and piano ], from Album de Madame Mélanie Dentu, no. 1, Paris, Éd. N. Paté
        Score: Société des études Marceline Desbordes-Valmore [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2026-05-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 85

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