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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

Plus de fois, dans tes bras charmants
Language: French (Français) 
Plus de fois, dans tes bras charmants
Captif, j'ai béni mes prisons,
Que le ciel n'a de diamants;
Et pour tes noires trahisons
J'ai versé plus de pleurs amers
Que n'en tient le gouffre des mers.

Mes chants ailés, je te les dois!
Plus haineuse que les bourreaux,
Mon cœur a saigné sous tes doigts;
Mais que de fois, comme un héros
Qui vient de voler son trésor,
J'ai dormi sur tes cheveux d'or!

Tu m'as versé le vin du ciel!
Et mes maux seront pardonnés
A ton désoeuvrement cruel,
Si les baisers que m'a donnés
Ta lèvre pareille à des fleurs
Sont aussi nombreux que mes pleurs.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Les baisers", written 1861, appears in Améthystes, nouvelles odelettes amoureuses composées sur des rythmes de Ronsard, Éd. Poulet Malassis, first published 1862 [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  • by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Les baisers", L. 9/(-) (1881) [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961), "Améthystes", op. 2 no. 2 (1910), published 1914, first performed 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Vidal (1863 - 1931), "Les baisers", published [1900] [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. G. Hartmann [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-12-10
Line count: 18
Word count: 108

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