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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

Dans l'été
Language: French (Français) 
Un danger circule à l'ombre,
Au chant de l'oiseau
Qui descend, quand il fait sombre,
Se plaindre au roseau;

Alors tout ce qui respire
Se prend à rêver
Et le ruisseau qui soupire
Semble l'éprouver.

Partout les nids et les ailes
Tremblent doucement,
Dénonçant, des tourterelles,
L'entretien charmant.

L'été brûle avec mystère
Dans les lits en fleurs
Des seuls amants de la terre
Sans haine et sans peur.

Été, si, trop jeune encore
Pour fuir un danger,
L'enfant rêveur que j'adore
S'attarde au verger,

Laisse dans l'errante nue
Ton charme cruel
Et garde de l'âme ingénue
Du plaisir mortel.

Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859) [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Dans l'été", 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Sylvain Labartette

This text was added to the website: 2005-02-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 99

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