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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Sur ta bouche
 (Sung text for setting by E. Tessier)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Sur ta bouche avec le désir,
Je bois ta dernière caresse :
Car je ne veux plus de maîtresse,
Que celle qui ne sait trahir.

Sur ta bouche, avec le désir,
Je veux boire l'oubli des roses :
Car je n'aimerai plus des choses,
Que celles qu'on ne peut flétrir.

Sur ta bouche, avec le désir,
J'ai bu ma dernière espérance :
Car je ne veux plus de souffrance,
Que celle dont je dois mourir.

Titled "Un adieu" in Les Renaissances (Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, 1870); no title in Poésies 1861-1874 (Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, 1875).

Composition:

    Set to music by Ernest Tessier (1851 - 1909), as Ernest Lavigne, "Sur ta bouche"

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Un adieu", written 1866, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 16, appears in Les Renaissances, in 5. À travers l'âme, in 3. Impressions, no. 11, first published 1870

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "On your lips, with fondest desire"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

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