Autrefois, j’ai vu la mer. Elle montait jusqu’à l’horizon comme une pelouse fleurie de tulipes blanches, qui étaient des voiles. Un grand vent avait effeuillé ces tulipes, et leurs pétales glissaient, rapides, gonflés comme tes seins. Autrefois, j’ai vu la mer. Elle était fougueuse comme ton amour, et elle engloutissait les pêcheurs de rêves. Sur la mer de ton amour, je me suis embarqué autrefois, et si j’ai pu revenir au port, c’est parce que je ne t’ai pas aimée.
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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, H. Piazza, Paris : 1921, p.73
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Chanson", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 73 [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 J. Boutnikoff , "Chanson", op. 22 no. 2, published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Le Jardin des caresses - Le tombeau d'Antar, no. 2, Paris : Editions Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Guillon (1879 - 1956), as Claude Guillon-Verne, "Autrefois, j’ai vu la mer", copyright © 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Sept Poèmes arabes tirés du "Jardin des Caresses", no. 7, Paris : Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
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