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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Vous m'enseignerez la douceur
Language: French (Français) 
Vous m’enseignerez la douceur,
Ô colombes, mes sœurs,
Et l’élévation,
Aigles des monts.

Vous m’enseignerez la fierté farouche,
Le calme dédain,
Vous, que pas une main ne touche,
Daims et daines de l’Éden.

Vous m’enseignerez les danses agiles,
Mes sœurs les gazelles,
Et les bonds exultants,
Ô jeunes faons.


Vous m’enseignerez les paroles subtiles,
Serpents radieux,
Et comment par elles
On s’égale à Dieu.

Vous m’enseignerez l’envol de la terre,
Chimères,
L’extase des airs ;
Et vous, Sirènes, toute la mer.

Confirmed with Charles Van Lerberghe, La Chanson d’Ève, Société du Mercure de France, 1904 (2e éd.), p.89


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Vous m'enseignerez la douceur", appears in La Chanson d'Ève [author's text checked 1 time 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 Lucie Vellère (1896 - 1966), "Vous m'enseignerez la douceur", 1957 [ mixed chorus ], from Deux poèmes de Van Lerberghe, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-24
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