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by Pauline Mary Tarn (1877 - 1909), as Renée Vivien

Ma Fée et ma Princesse aux paupières...
Language: French (Français) 
Ma Fée et ma Princesse aux paupières divines
Habite les ruines.

Elle aime les lointains, les crépuscules gris
Et les chauves-souris.

Elle va, toujours lente et toujours solitaire,
Se voilant de mystère.

Elle a l’accablement des lys qui vont mourir,
Les yeux du souvenir.

Doucement, elle frappe aux somnolentes portes
Où s’attardent les Mortes.

Elle écoute, le soir, hululer les hiboux
Aux chants rares et doux.

Ma Fée et ma Princesse aux paupières divines
Habite les ruines.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Renée Vivien, Évocations, Alphonse Lemerre, 1903, p. 103


Text Authorship:

  • by Pauline Mary Tarn (1877 - 1909), as Renée Vivien, "À la dininité inconnu", appears in Évocations [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 Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "Elle habite les ruines", op. 80 (1923) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 77

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