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La main

Set by René Camille Henri Berthelot (1903 - 1999), "La main", published 1981 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Henry Lemoine  [sung text not yet checked]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.


Main qui chantais, main qui parlais,
Main qui étais comme une personne,
Main amoureuse qui savais
Comment on prend, comment on donne ;

Main sur laquelle on a pleuré
Comme d'une fontaine fraîche,
Main sur laquelle on a crié
D'amour, de joie ou de détresse ;

[ ... ]

Main des rêves, main des caresses,
Main des frissons, main des tendresses,
Main de la ruse et de l'adresse,
Ô main, maîtresse des maîtresses ;

Text Authorship:

  • by Rémy de Gourmont (1858 - 1915), no title, written 1912, appears in Divertissements, in La main, no. 1, Paris, Éd. G. Crès, first published 1912

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Sois sage, ô main trop tendre, et cache le passé
Sous tes ongles, aux replis secrets de tes jointures,
Comme je cache au fond de mon vieux cœur blessé
Le souvenir sacré des belles meurtrissures.
O main, je te regarde avec mélancolie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rémy de Gourmont (1858 - 1915), no title, written 1912, appears in Divertissements, in La main, no. 2, Paris, Éd. G. Crès, first published 1912

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Author(s): Rémy de Gourmont (1858 - 1915)
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