Une jeune sanguine Face au miroir voilé De voix lente voilé Se lamente en sourdine. La fièvre des marais, Feu follet de l’alcôve, Monte à ses lèvres mauves Qu’elle baigne de lait. Dans l’ombre bleue pervenche Le grand lit au matin Bâille en ses draps de lin L’aveu d’une nuit blanche. Portant sa bouche en cœur Au sortir de la chambre Un bel homme se cambre Et s’éloigne des pleurs. Et la jeune sanguine Face au miroir voilé De voix lente voilé Se lamente en sourdine.
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Text Authorship:
- by Louise de Vilmorin (1902 - 1969), "La jeune sanguine", appears in Fiançailles pour rire, no. 3, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, Paris, first published 1939 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "La jeune sanguine", 1940, published 1951 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, no. 2, Paris, Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
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