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Dors lentement avec des rêves Légers de l’air pur respiré Le long des rives fraternelles Où nos pas doubles ont erré. Dors doucement avec des songes Parfumés des fleurs du chemin Qui ce soir encore dans l’ombre Sont odorantes de tes mains. Dors seule en rêve avec toi-même. Sois ton propre songe ; il n’est pas D’autre couronne pour ta tête Que le cercle nu de tes bras.
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Text Authorship:
- by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Lied", written 1902, appears in La Cité des eaux, in Odes et poésies, no. 19, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1902 [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 Adolphe Borchard (1882 - 1967), "Dors", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Éd. Deiss et Crépin (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Berceuse", 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 3, Éd. Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Lied", published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Jongen (1884 - 1969), "Lied", 1912, published [1913] [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955), "Dors lentement" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christophe Sirodeau , "Berceuse", op. 40 (2002/2009) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 67
Sleep slowly with floating dreams of the pure air we breathed along the fraternal riverbanks where we wandered on foot together. Sleep gently with dreams perfumed by the path-side flowers which this evening still in the shadow carry the scent of your hands. Sleep alone dreaming with yourself. Be your own dream; there is not any other crown fit for your head than the naked circle of your arms.
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- a text in French (Français) by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Lied", written 1902, appears in La Cité des eaux, in Odes et poésies, no. 19, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1902
This text was added to the website: 2023-05-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 69