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by Fernand Caillau

Invocation
Language: French (Français) 
Penser à qui dans cette triste vie 
Si ce n'est à l'ange qui dois guider mes pas
en faisant entrevoir à mon âme ravie
ce coin de ciel si pur, que je ne connais pas

Ah! si tu descendais un instant sur la terre
ange adoré de qui  j'ai rêvé tant de fois
si tu voulais pour moi,  dévoiler le mystère 
de l'amour, me forçant à dire: oui, j'y crois!

Je metrai sur ta lèvre entreouverte et fleurie
plus de baisers qu'il n'est d'étoiles dans le ciel
afin qu'à tout jamais ta beauté me sourie
je l'envelopperai d'un amour éternel

Et si tu t'endormais sur ma modeste couche,
j'aurais pour envivrer ton sommeil radieux
des mots tendres et doux Puis, ceuillant sur ta bouche 
la suprême caresse je me croirais aux cieux

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Text Authorship:

  • by Fernand Caillau  [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 Carlos Salzedo (1885 - 1961), "Invocation", op. 18, published c1890 [ voice and piano ], Paris : C. G. Röder [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 132

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