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by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903)

Hymne à Eros
Language: French (Français) 
Chasseur cruel aux yeux si doux,
O toi qui m'apparus en songe,
O maître du divin mensonge,
Viens ! je te prie à deux genoux !
Eros ! Eros ! prends pitié de nous !

Tu m'as parlé ; ta tendre voix
Tremblait d'une extase infinie.
Alors, j'ai compris l'harmonie
De la mer bleue et des grands bois !
Eros ! Eros ! en toi seul je crois !

Rougis ma lèvre, éteins mes yeux,
Saisis ta victime et ta proie
Qui veut, parmi des pleurs de joie,
Mourir d'un mal délicieux !
Eros ! Eros ! ouvre-moi les cieux !

Text Authorship:

  • by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903), "Hymne à Eros", 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Paris : Léon Grus, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by (Graham) Clifton Bingham (1859 - 1913) , "Hymn to love" ; composed by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès.
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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-28
Line count: 15
Word count: 87

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