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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Ton menton pose dans ta main
 (Sung text for setting by R. Baton)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ton menton pose dans ta main ;
Tes lèvres songent, évasives, 
Tes prunelles dorment, pensives, 
Sur une branche de jasmin... 

La bouche brûlant de carmin. 
Sous tes parures excessives 
Tu prends, dans les ombres massives. 
L'air fabuleux et surhumain. 

Et mon amour qui s'exacerbe 
Devant ton silence superbe 
Cherche en vain, sans trouver la paix, 

Ce je ne sais quoi de ton âme, 
De ton cœur, de tes sens, ô femme, 
Qu'il ne possédera jamais.

Note: the poem first appeared in the revue Au Mercure de France, August 1890, and later in Au Jardin de L'Infante, 1893.

Composition:

    Set to music by René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Ton menton pose dans ta main", op. 14 no. 5 (1906), published 1908-1910 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les heures d'été, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Durand

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), no title, written 1890, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, in 1. Les Heures d'été, no. 5, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1890

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 75

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