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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

Ruines du Cœur
Language: French (Français) 
Mon cœur était jadis comme un palais romain,
Tout construit de granits choisis, de marbres rares.
Bientôt les passions, comme un flot de barbares ,
L'envahirent, la hache ou la torche à la main.

Ce fut une ruine alors. Nul bruit humain.
Vipères et hiboux. Terrains de fleurs avares.
Partout gisaient, brisés, porphyres et carrare ;
Etles ronces avaient effacé le chemi

Je suis resté longtemps, seul, devant mon désastre.
Des midis sans soleil, des minuits sans un astre ,
Passèrent , et j'ai , là, vécu d'horribles jours ;

Mais tu parus enfin, blanche, dans la lumière ,
Et, bravement, afin de loger nos amours ,
Des débris du palais j'ai bâti ma chaumière.

Confirmed with François Coppée, Oeuvres complètes de François Coppée..., Paris : L. Hébert, 1888, p.232


Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), "Ruines du cœur ", appears in Arrière-saison, no. 1 [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 Raoul Koczalski (1884 - 1948), "Ruines du Cœur", op. 77 (6 Mélodies) no. 4, copyright © 1915 [ voice, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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