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by Georges Louis Edmond Docquois (1863 - 1927)

Prélude
Language: French (Français) 
Loin du bruit des humaines fêtes,
Allons, pauvre être vieillissant,
Des blessures qu'Amour t'a faites
Recueille, aujourd'hui, tout le sang...

Combien de ce sang, sur ta route,
Déjà, le sol fut humecté !
Oh ! vois comme il sort goutte à goutte
De ta plaie ouverte au côté !

Ton âme anxieuse s'étonne
Qu'il en puisse couler autant.
Au soleil roux de ton automne 
Il sèchera dans un instant.

Et bientôt viendra l'heure grise
Où, plein d'une morne langueur,
Tu verras voler dans la brise
La cendre rouge de ton cœur.

Text Authorship:

  • by Georges Louis Edmond Docquois (1863 - 1927) [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Prélude", op. 146 no. 1 (1914), published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from La cendre rouge, no. 1, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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