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by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907)

Elle part, mais je veux, à mon amour...
Language: French (Français) 
Elle part, mais je veux, à mon amour fidèle,
La garder tout entière en un pieux portrait, 
Portrait naïf ou rien ne me sera soustrait 
Des grâces, des défauts, chers aussi, du modèle. 

Arrière les pinceaux ! sur la toile cruelle 
Le profane idéal du peintre sourirait : 
C'est elle que je veux, c'est elle trait pour trait,
Belle d'une beauté que seul je vois en elle.

Mais, ô soleil, ami qui la connais le mieux,
Qui prêtes à son cœur, quand nous sommes ensemble,
Tes rayons les plus purs pour luire dans ses yeux,

Artiste dont la main ne cherche ni ne tremble,
Viens toi-même au miroir que je t offre imprimer 
Chacun de ces rayons qui me la font aimer. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poésies de Sully Prudhomme: Les Épreuves, etc., Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1872, p. 61.


Text Authorship:

  • by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Réalisme", appears in Les épreuves, in Action [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 Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Amour fidèle", published 1892 [ voice and piano ], London, Stanley Lucas, Weber & Co.; also published in English as 'Faithful love'; may be wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 121

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