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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Ce soir, à travers le bonheur
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG GER
Ce soir, à travers le bonheur,
Qui donc soupire, qu'est-ce qui pleure ?
Qu'est-ce qui vient palpiter sur mon cœur,
Comme un oiseau blessé ?

Est-ce une plainte de la terre,
Est-ce une voix future,
Une voix du passé ?
J'écoute, jusqu'à la souffrance,
Ce son dans le silence.

Île d'oubli, ô Paradis !
Quel cri déchire, dans la nuit,
Ta voix qui me berce ?
Quel cri traverse
Ta ceinture de fleurs,
Et ton beau voile d'allégresse ?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Fauré 

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Confirmed with Charles Van Lerberghe, La Chanson d’Ève, Société du Mercure de France, 1904, 2e éd., page 190.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1903, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 4. Crépuscule, no. 2, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 74

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