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by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909)

Si ton front est comme un roseau
Language: French (Français) 
Si ton front est comme un roseau
Qui s'effare dès qu'un oiseau
  Le touche,
Mon baiser se fera moins prompt
Pour ne pas étonner ce front
  Farouche !

Si tes yeux, ces lacs lumineux,
N'aiment pas qu'un soir triste en eux
  Se mire,
Pour ne pas assombrir tes yeux,
Je prendrai le masque joyeux
  Du rire !

Mais si ton cœur las est pareil
Au lys qui, brûlant au soleil
  Ses charmes,
Penche, de rosée altéré,
Sans feindre, hélas ! j'y verserai
  Des larmes.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Catulle Mendès (1841 - 1909), "Chanson", written c1885, appears in Intermède [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gaston Carraud (1864 - 1920), "Tes yeux et ton cœur", published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 3, Paris, 'Au Ménestrel', Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Chanson", published 1955 [ voice and piano ], from Neuf mélodies retrouvées, no. 4, Éd. Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Xavier Henri Napoleon Leroux (1863 - 1919), "Chanson" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by André Messager (1853 - 1929), "Chanson Mélancolique", 1889 [ high voice and piano ], from Quinze mélodies, no. 5, Éditions Enoch & Costallat [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-10
Line count: 18
Word count: 81

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