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by Adolphe Pellier

La Joconde
Language: French (Français) 
Monna Lise ou dame Joconde,
Es-tu le produit du hasard ?
As-tu vécu de par le monde
En quels lieux te vit Léonard ?

Inventa t-il de ton visage
Le langage mystérieux
Vit-il en songe ton image 
Dans les enfers ou dans les cieux !

Quand je contemple ton image
Dans ses contours harmonieux,
Je cède au charme du mirage
Et je crois voir s'ouvrir les cieux
 
Mais en vain je poursuis la flamme
Qui se dérobe sous tes yeux
Dans ces beaux yeux je cherche l'âme
Je trouve un cœur silencieux !

Ô Joconde que veulent dire
Et ce regard et ce sourire,
Ange ou démon
Quel est ton nom, Réponds ?

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolphe Pellier  [author's text not yet checked 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 Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835 - 1911), "La Joconde", published 187-? [voice and piano], from Vingt mélodies, 1er recueil, no. 19, Paris, Louis Gregh [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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