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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and possibly by Maurice Boukai

Stances à Manon
 (Sung text for setting by G. Strong)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Manon voici le soleil 
C’est le printemps c’est l’éveil
C’est l’amour maître des choses
C’est le nid dans le buisson
Viens éprouver le frisson
Du bleu de l’or et des roses

 ... 

Laisse-moi dans tes grands yeux
L’infini des cieux
Et l’ivresse de ton âme
Laisse-moi dans tes bras blancs
Bercer mes rêves troublants
Et mon désir qui se pâme

Verse verse tes baisers
A mes sens inapaisés
Jusqu’à la dernière goutte
J’aime ton cœur inhumain
Tu me trahiras demain
Mais ce soir je t’aurai toute

 ... 

Qu’importe les trahisons
Des lèvres que nous baisons
Si les lèvres sont jolies
Oublions les vains discours
Aimons-nous les jours sont courts
Et c’est l’heure des foiles.

Composition:

    Set to music by George Templeton Strong (1856 - 1948), "Stances à Manon", 1931, stanzas 1, 4, 3, 5 [ voice and piano ], note: the manuscript attributes the text to Maurice Boukai

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Stances à Manon", written 1921
  • possibly by Maurice Boukai , "Stances à Manon", written 1921

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