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by Louise Perny (d. 1918), as Pierre Reyniel

Pour l’Enfant douce
Language: French (Français) 
Pour l'enfant douce qui se plaint que je l'oublie
Pour l'enfant au regard calin
Je veux composer un chant plein d'amour et de mélancholie
L'enfant que j'aime est loin d'ici
Pourtant peut être
Que le soir le vent adouci
Lui racontera mon souci
Quand elle songe à sa fenêtre
Elle cherchera dans les cieux jamais lassé
Parmi les astres merveilleux
L'unique étoile que mes yeux
En rêvant d'elle auront fixée

Et l'enfant douce qui se plaint
Que je l'oublie
L'enfant douce au regard calin
Comprendra que
J'ai le cœur plein d'amour et de mélancholie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Louise Perny (d. 1918), as Pierre Reyniel [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 Henriette Boorn-Coclet (1866 - 1945), "Pour l’Enfant douce" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2025-06-05
Line count: 17
Word count: 94

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