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Quatre mélodies, poèmes de Marcel Noppeney

by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973)

1. Chantant tout bas
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
(Pour l'aimée qui ne fut pas)

Chantant tout bas sa chanson lente,
  Si bas qu'il meurt,
Ô mon amour, c'est tout mon cœur
  qui pour toi chante !

Et s'il se tait en son émoi,
  Parfois écoute !
Car c'est alors mon âme toute,
  Chantant pour toi !

Text Authorship:

  • by Marcel Noppeney (1877 - 1966)

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2. Illusions
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Un pas léger chantait au sable de l'allée :
Dans l'attente j'ouvris la porte de mon cœur,
Mais la frêle chanson, soudain s'en est allée ...
Et je n'entends plus rien qu'un silence moqueur !

Un rire éblouissant sonnait sous ma fenêtre:
Je penchais, frissonnant, mon âme vers le bruit,
Pour voir dans le soir morne un spectre disparaître.
Et je ne vois plus rien que l'ombre et la nuit !

Une main effleura mon front lourd de sa peine.
Vers elle je portais ma lèvre et mon désir.
Mais mon geste fut vain, mon espérance vaine …
Et mes bras étendus ne peuvent rien saisir !

Text Authorship:

  • by Marcel Noppeney (1877 - 1966), "Illusions", appears in Le Prince Avril, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1907

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3. Tournois
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Ô princesse du Rêve et des Songes ! Voici
Que je me vois pareil à ses enfants, ainsi
Que l'énamouré page adorant une reine.

Il va rêvant tournois, batailles, olifan,
Jeux de guerre et d'amour puérils… et l'enfant
Se roidit pour porter le poids lourd de la traîne
Ainsi je vais et suis, ô ma Princesse ! Mais
Aux somptueux tournois ne pourrai-je jamais
Être le chevalier descendant dans l'arène ?

Text Authorship:

  • by Marcel Noppeney (1877 - 1966), "Tournois"

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4. Garde ton cœur encor
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Garde ton cœur encor'
Trop tôt il partira !
Sois un enfant ! 
Mets ta joue fraîche sur ton bras
Et dors !
Dors !
Qu'un rêve d'or,
Qu'un rêve vierge,
Te berce
Longtemps !
Ne rêve pas d'amour !
Aie sans cesse, aie toujours,
Ton printemps !

Text Authorship:

  • by Marcel Noppeney (1877 - 1966), "Garde ton cœur encor'", appears in Le Prince Avril, first published 1907

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