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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Je voudrais enfermer ton coeur
Language: French (Français) 
Je voudrais enfermer ton coeur, 
Pour qu'à moi seul il soit sans trêve, 

— Ton petit coeur tendre et moqueur. 
Je voudrais enfermer ton coeur 

Dans le coffret d'or de mon rêve. 

Je voudrais enfermer tes jours. 
Que nul n'en vole une caresse ! 

— Tes jours aux changeantes amours 
Je voudrais enfermer tes jours 

Dans la prison de ma tendresse. 

Je voudrais enfermer tes yeux, 
Pour en boire, à moi seul, les lièvres, 

— Tes grands yeux tristes et joyeux ! — 
Je voudrais enfermer tes yeux 

Dans un long baiser de mes lèvres !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Les tendresses, poésies nouvelles 1895-1898, in 2. Peines d'amour perdues, in Rimes tendres, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Charpentier, first published 1898 [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 Alfredo-Antonio-Maria Barbirolli (1871 - 1931), "Je voudrais" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-19
Line count: 15
Word count: 93

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