by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
À toute âme qui pleure
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Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
À toute âme qui pleure, à tout péché qui passe, J'ouvre au sein des étoiles mes mains pleines de grâces. Il n'est péché qui vive quand l'amour a parlé; Il n'est d'âme qui meure quand l'amour a pleuré... Et si l'amour s'égare aux sentiers d'ici-bas, Ses larmes me retrouvent et ne se perdent pas...
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View text with all available footnotesFirst published in German in Sœur Béatrice, Mystère en Trois Actes, in the revue Die Insel, 1900; then in French in Théâtre, Book III, 1901; later in Quinze Chansons, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, 1900.
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Cantique de la Vierge dans » Sœur Béatrice «", written 1896-1900, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 15, first published 1904 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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