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by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair

Je suis ébauché ce soir
Language: French (Français) 
Je suis ébauché ce soir 
Par des mains heureuses 
Qui prennent mon cœur 
Avec lenteur 
Et le front si frêle et si puéril 
Que le désir des pleurs 
Tremble au bord de mes cils. 

Mais il y a tant de silence 
Que je n'ose pas pleurer, 
Mais il y a tant de somnolence 
Que je n'ose pas rêver,
Seigneur ! il y a tant de magnificence 
Que je n'ose pas exister ! 

Ô je suis comme une eau dormante, 
Ô je suis comme une feuille oubliée 
À la brise où l'octobre aux cheveux d'or lamente, 
Triste des cygnes et de toute la rosée. 

Confirmed with Poètes d'aujourd'hui, morceaux choisis accompagnés de notices biographique et d'un essai de bibliographie, 29th edition, Mercure de France, Paris, 1918, page 7.


Text Authorship:

  • by Séverin Faust (1872 - 1945), as Camille Mauclair, "Je suis ébauché ce soir", appears in Sonatines d'automne, in Lieds, no. 23, Paris, Éd. Librairie académique Perrin, first published 1894 [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 Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Je suis ébauché ce soir", published 1920 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 15, Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-06
Line count: 17
Word count: 101

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