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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Le songe du prisonnier
Language: French (Français) 
Doux sommeil, oubli de mes peines,
Viens, suivi des songes riants !
En guirlandes change mes chaines
Et ces murs en bosquets charmants.
Au morne flambeau qui m’éclaire
Prête l’éclat du plus beau jour
Et place en ce bois solitaire
Emma, rêvant à mon amour.

Ô Bonheur ! Je la vois sourire,
Je vole et tombe à ses genoux,
À ses pieds repose ma lyre,
Et les amours planent sur nous.
Je prends sa main, ma lèvre ardente
A cueilli le premier baiser.
Un nouveau désir me tourmente…
Emma ! voudras-tu l’apaiser ?

Le veux-tu ? Sa bouche mi-close
Laisse échapper un doux soupir.
Emma me présente une rose,
Et je suis près de m’en saisir...
Mais, ô regrets ! Déjà l’aurore
Me livre aux horreurs du réveil ;
Et je n’ai pu jouir encore
De tous les bienfaits du sommeil.

Note: the Spontini score indicates this text was inspired by the poetry of Duault.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (1774 - 1851), "Le songe du prisonnier" [ voice and piano ], from Trois Romances, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-22
Line count: 24
Word count: 134

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