Reine des mouettes, mon orpheline Je t'ai vue rose, je m'en souviens Sous les brumes mousselines De ton deuil ancien. Rose d'aimer le baiser qui chagrine Tu te laissais accorder à mes mains Sous les brumes mousselines Voiles de nos liens. Rougis, rougis mon baiser te devine Mouette prise aux noeuds des grands chemins. Reine des mouettes, mon orpheline, Tu étais rose accordée à mes mains Rose sous les mousselines Et je m'en souviens.
Métamorphoses
Song Cycle by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
1. Reine des mouettes  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. C'est ainsi que tu es  [sung text checked 1 time]
Ta chair, d'âme mêlée, Chevelure emmêlée, Ton pied courant le temps, Ton ombre qui s'étend Et murmure à ma tempe [ Ton vert regard où trepe La triste joie de l'univers. ]1 Voilà, c'est ton portrait, C'est ainsi que tu es, Et je veux te l'écrire Pour que la nuit venue, Tu puisses croire et dire, Que je t'ai bien connue.
Authorship:
- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Portrait", written 1945, appears in Le Sable du sablier, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 1945
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3. Paganini  [sung text checked 1 time]
Violon hippocampe et sirène
Berceau des coeurs coeur et berceau
Larmes de Marie Madeleine
[Souper]1 d'une reine
[Sanglot]2.
Violon orgueil des mains légères
Départ à cheval sur les eaux
Amour chevauchant le mystère
Voleur en prière
Oiseau.
Violon alcool de l'âme en peine
Préférence muscle du soir
Epaules des saisons soudaines
Feuille de chêne
Miroir.
[ ... ]
Violon femme morganatique
Chat botté courant la forêt
Puit des vérités lunatiques
Confession publique
Corset.
Violon chevalier du silence
Jouet évadé du bonheur
Poitrine des mille présences
Bateau de plaisance
Chasseur.
Authorship:
- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "Métamorphoses", appears in Le Sable du sablier
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Poulenc: "Soupir"
2 Poulenc: "Echo"
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