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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Je veux que mon sang, goutte à goutte
Language: French (Français) 
Je veux que mon sang, goutte à goutte, 
Monte à ta lèvre lentement.
Comme un flot limpide et calmant, 
De ton cœur il prendra la route.

Bois-le : mon âme y sera toute 
Dans un suprême enivrement,
Car le seul mal que je redoute,
C'est de survivre â mon tourment,

Bois-le sans honte et sans peurs vaincs :
Ce trésor sacré de mes veines, 
Toi seule pourras le tarir. 

Avec mon souffle, avec mon âme,
Ce sang que ta bouche réclame,
Bois-le ! car j'ai soif de mourir ! 

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   N. Boulanger 

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Confirmed with Poésies de Armand Silvestre 1872-1878. La Chanson des Heures, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, page 73.


Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 3. En aimant, in 2. Souffrances d'amour, no. 6, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Poème d'amour", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Amédée Dutacq (1848 - 1929), "Je veux que mon sang goutte à goutte", published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], from En aimant, douze poésies d'Armand Silvestre, no. 9, Paris, Éd. E. Fromont [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , François Le Roux [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 88

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