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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Tendresse
 (Sung text for setting by R. Baton)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mets ta main sur mes yeux : je ne veux plus rien voir
Et ne plus rien sentir, hors ta chère présence,
Puisque ainsi ta tendresse est mon unique espoir,
Et que ton amour sûr est ma seule croyance.

Mets ta main sur mes yeux, mets mon front sur ton cœur ;
Que ton âme de fleur me caresse et pénètre,
M'imprégnant d'une exquise et mortelle langueur,
Et fais descendre en moi le calme de ton être.

Composition:

    Set to music by René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Tendresse", op. 16 no. 5 (1911), published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Durand

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Tendresse", written 1875, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Tenderness", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 75

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