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by Henri Jules Piazza (1861 - 1929)

Comme l'eau
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ses yeux pâles, ses yeux en fleur,
L’eau qui passe en a la couleur
Ses yeux durs où mon cœur se brise,
L’eau qui dort en a la traîtrise

Sa douce voix d’enfant jaseur,
L’eau qui passe en a la douceur,
Ses froids dédains sans violence,
L’eau qui dort en a la silence.

Ses bras enlaçants, ses bras frais,
L’eau qui passe en a les attraits.
Sa lèvre qui s’offre et qui nie
L’eau qui dort en a l’ironie !

Non plus que son amour ingrat
L’eau qui passe en reviendra ;
Et je mourrai de ma souffrance,
L’eau qui dort en a l’espérance !

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Jules Piazza (1861 - 1929) [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 Gaston Paulin (1839 - 1921), "Comme l'eau", published 1904 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Paris: Pierre Lafitte & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Like water", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-02-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 102

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