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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Amour donne esprit aux filles
Language: French (Français) 
Amour donne esprit aux filles;
La fenêtre s'ouvre quand la duègne dort,
Et dans l'ombre au dehors
Les galants sans bruit
Se faufilent
Contre les murs gris.

Échelles de corde
Et douces escalades d'amour,
C'est l'heure propice;
Le veilleur qui siffle en faisant son tour
Pisse
Sans y voir goutte;
Échelles de corde,
Adroits rendez-vous
Et balivernes qu'on écoute,
C'est l'heure complice;
Au gracieux drille un baiser s'accorde,
Au gracieux drille on accorde tout.

Mais sur le vieux fou
Qui donne en vain des sérénades,
La servante vide le pot de nuit,
Et tandis que l'amoureux éconduit s'enfuit
Et que la fille rit aux larmes,
On entend au loin s'avancer la garde
Au pas de parade
Et chaque croisée vite est refermée;
A la barbe des gendarmes
C'est l'heure d'aimer.

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Note: Berthelot's setting begins on the second line.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Nocturne", appears in Humoresques, in 4. Chroniques du chaperon et de la braguette, no. 10, Amiens, Bibliothèque du Hérisson, éd. Librairie Edgar Malfère, first published 1921 [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 René Camille Henri Berthelot (1903 - 1999), "L'heure propice", 1970, published 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], Nice, Éd. Georges Delrieu [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-12
Line count: 28
Word count: 130

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