by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Mes baisers seront les abeilles
Language: French (Français)
Mes baisers seront les abeilles Qui suceront comme des fleurs Tes seins, ces roses sans pareilles, Tes yeux, où je boirai tes pleurs. Mes baisers viendront à tes lèvres, Sous les clairs de lune d'été, T'exhaler mes soupirs, mes fièvres, Rossignols fous de ta beauté. Et le matin ces hirondelles, Sur le palais blanc de ton corps, Mes baisers fermeront leurs ailes, De trop d amour ivres ou morts.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with L'Illusion, Troisième édition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, p. 81.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Chanson persane", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Claudius Blanc (1854 - 1900), "Chanson persane" [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies Orientales, no. 5, from Mélodies Persanes, no. 2, Édition Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Fleuret (1869 - 1915), "Chanson d'orient", published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from L'Illusion, poème en neuf chants de Jean Lahor, no. 5, Lyon, Éd. Janin Frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Germaine Sanderson , "Chanson persane", published [1910] [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
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