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by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935)

Seul dans la nuit
 (Sung text for setting by C. Widor)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Seul dans la nuit et trop loin de tes yeux, 
Je ne sais pas si tu m'aimes, je doute ; 
Et ma pauvre âme en peine plonge toute 
En un gouffre silencieux. 

Oh! Non, c'était un trop sublime songe! 
Tant de bonheur ne fut jamais réel!... 
Pourtant j'ai bu sur ta bouche ce miel; 
Tes yeux n'étaient pas un mensonge, 

Ils se levaient sur moi fous de langeur; 
Ton âme errait sous tes paupières sombres. 
Pourquoi trouvé-je, entre eux et moi, ces ombres,
Entre leurs caresse et mon coeur?

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "Seul dans la nuit", op. 75 no. 9, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons de Mer, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Romance", written 1882, appears in Les Aveux, in Amour, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1882

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 88

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