by Cécile Sauvage (1883 - 1927)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Certain mot murmuré
Par vous est un baiser
Intime et prolongé
Comme un baiser sur l'âme.
Ma bouche veut sourire
Et mon sourire tremble.

Composition:

    Set to music by Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992), "Le sourire", 1929, published 1930 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éditions Durand

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The smile", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 24