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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

Vœu
 (Sung text for setting by J. de la Presle)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
 ... 

Je voudrais des fleurs pour tes mains
Et pour tes pas
Un petit sentier d'herbe et de sable
Qui monte un peu et qui descende
Et tourne et semble 
S'en aller au fond du silence
Un tout petit sentier de sable
Où marqueraient un peu tes pas
Nos pas 
Ensemble!

Composition:

    Set to music by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Vœu", 1912, stanza 3 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Vœu", written 1900, appears in Les Médailles d'Argile, in 6. À travers l'an, no. 3, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1900

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Wish", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 33
Word count: 153

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