by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
Si j'étais le Zéphyr ailé
Language: French (Français)
Si j'étais le Zéphyr ailé, J'irais mourir sur votre bouche. Ces voiles, j'en aurais la clé Si j'étais le Zéphyr ailé. Près des seins pour qui je brûlai Je me glisserais dans la couche. Si j'étais le Zéphyr ailé, J'irais mourir sur votre bouche.
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- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Triolet à Philis", written 1842, appears in Les Cariatides, in En habit zinzolin, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Charpentier, first published 1879 [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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Zéphyr", L. 19/(12) (1881), published 1932 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
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