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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Poème d'amour
 (Sung text for setting by N. Boulanger)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Je veux que mon sang, goutte à goutte, 
Monte à tes lèvres 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 cœur, avec mon âme,
Ce sang que ta bouche réclame,
Bois-le ! car j'ai soif de mourir ! 

Composition:

    Set to music by Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Poème d'amour", 1907 [ voice and piano ]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2020-04-02
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