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by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair

Doute
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  GER
Il y a si longtemps 
Que ton âme est en chemin,
A ce que m'ont dit les anges, 
Vers moi qui l'attends 
En joignant les mains,

Il y a si longtemps 
Que peut-être elle perdit la route 
Puisque je ne vois rien 
Au lointain des quatre chemins
Qui font croix au carrefour du doute. 

Voici venir le souffle froid 
Qui chasse oiseaux, soleil et [feuilles]1, 
Et ramène brouillard et [deuil]2 
Sur mon espoir et sur ma foi : 
Faudra-t-il m'en aller comme un qui n'attend plus
Et s'en retourne, en la nullité de la nuit, 
Vers la maison et vers l'ennui ?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   N. Boulanger 

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Confirmed with Camille Mauclair, Le Sang parle. Poèmes, Paris, Maison du Livre, 1904, pages 43-44.

1 Boulanger: "branches"
2 Boulanger: "nuit"

Text Authorship:

  • by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair, "Doute", written 1904, appears in Le Sang parle, in 1. Émotions, no. 17, Paris, Éd. Maison du Livre, first published 1904 [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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Doute", published 1922 [ medium voice or low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Georg Gädker) , "Zweifel", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Georg Gädker

This text was added to the website: 2022-06-23
Line count: 17
Word count: 103

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