Chanson d'amour | J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front

by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front

Language: French (Français)

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J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ton front,
Ô ma rebelle, ô ma farouche,
J'aime tes yeux, j'aime ta bouche
Où mes baisers s'épuiseront.

J'aime ta voix, j'aime l'étrange
Grâce de tout ce que tu dis,
Ô ma rebelle, ô mon cher ange,
Mon enfer et mon paradis !

J'aime tout ce qui te fait belle,
De tes pieds jusqu'à tes cheveux,
Ô toi vers qui montent mes vœux,
Ô ma farouche, ô ma rebelle !

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• B. Adolphe

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Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, Le Pays des Roses. Poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, Paris, G. Charpentier, 1882, pages 123-124.

Text Authorship:

by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson d'amour", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 3. Vers pour être chantés, Paris, G. Charpentier, first published 1882 [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 Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955), "Chanson d'amour", first performed 2001 [ soprano and piano ], from A Thousand Years of Love, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Chanson d'amour", op. 27 no. 1 (1882), published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "Chant d'amour" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Eug. Fromont [sung text checked 1 time]

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