by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Vos cils noirs, vos longs cils soyeux
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Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Vos cils noirs, vos longs cils soyeux Ont parfois des battements d'ailes, Et descendent sur vos grands yeux, Comme un vol tremblant d'hirondelles. Vos paupières sont deux oiseaux Qui planent sur une eau dormante ; Et leurs cils fins sont les roseaux Que baigne la clarté charmante De vos yeux, ces étangs d'azur, Votre douceur et votre gloire, Où, le soir, dans un bleu si pur, Mes rêves altérés vont boire.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1897, Page 57.
Note for stanza 3, line 4: both Nos and Mes have the poet's authority. In the 1893 edition of L'Illusion, the line started with Nos. By the 1897 edition, this had been changed to Mes.Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Madrigal", written 1875, 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]
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