Larmes | Larmes aux fleurs suspendues

by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Larmes aux fleurs suspendues

Language: French (Français)

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Larmes aux fleurs suspendues,
Larmes de sources perdues
Aux mousses des rochers creux ;

Larmes d'automne épandues,
Larmes de [cors]¹ entendues
Dans les grands bois douloureux ;

Larmes des cloches latines,
Carmélites, Feuillantines...
Voix des beffrois en ferveur ;

Larmes, chansons argentines 
Dans les vasques florentines 
Au fond du jardin rêveur ;

Larmes des nuits étoilées, 
Larmes [de]² flûtes voilées 
Au bleu du parc endormi ;

Larmes aux [longs]³ cils perlées,
Larmes d'amante coulées 
Jusqu'a l'âme de l'ami ;

[Gouttes]⁴ d'extase, éplorement délicieux,
Tombez des nuits ! Tombez des fleurs ! Tombez [des]⁵ yeux !

Et toi, mon cœur, sois le doux fleuve harmonieux, 
Qui, riche du trésor tari des urnes vides, 
Roule un grand rêve triste aux mers des soirs languides.

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• G. Fauré • S. Gassot • C. Tournemire

G. Fauré sets stanzas 1-3, 5-7
S. Gassot sets stanzas 1-3, 5-7

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Note: the poem first appeared in the revue Le Scapin, December 6, 1886; and later in Au Jardin de l'Infante, 1893.

¹ Fauré: "cor"
² Fauré: "des"
³ Fauré: "grands"
⁴ Fauré, Gassot: "Larmes"
⁵ Tournemire: "les"

Text Authorship:

by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Larmes", written 1886, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1886 [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 S. Curtis , "Larmes", op. 39 (Trois mélodies - Three songs) no. 3, published [1922] [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
by Amédée Dutacq (1848 - 1929), "Les larmes" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Pleurs d'or", op. 72 (1896), published 1897, stanzas 1-3,5-7 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jane Fonssagrives , "Larmes", <<1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies, poèmes d'Albert Samain, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
by Stéphane Gassot (b. 1987), "Larmes aux fleurs suspendues", 2013, stanzas 1-3,5-7 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Maurice Le Boucher (1882 - 1964), "Larmes", 1908, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, poésies d'Albert Samain, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Costallat & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
by Maurice Le Corbeiller (flourished c1931), "Larmes", published 1935, copyright © 1930 [ vocal trio for soprano, mezzo-soprano, and alto with piano ], from Au Jardin de l'Infante, sept poèmes d'Albert Samain, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Larmes", op. 46 no. 3 (1993), published 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Albert Samain, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Larmes", published 1910 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
by ? de Souza-Meïral , "Larmes", published <<1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Larmes", op. 60, published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939), "Larmes", op. 32 no. 1 (1908), from Poème, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 118