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

L'oubli
Language: French (Français) 
Mets ta main fine sur mon épaule,
O mon amie,
La douceur de ce soir garde l'odeur des roses ;
Mets ta main fine sur mon épaule :
Toute douleur est endormie.

Oublions notre peine,
Ma toute aimée ;
Que motre dernière nuit soit parfumée
D'un reste d'odeur de verveine,
D'un reste de rêve et de roses de mai.

Oublions que notre amour se meurt,
Ferme les yeux ;
Demain, la tombe enfin sera notre demeure ;
Oublions jusque là que notre amour se meurt :
L'oubli est bien,
La mort est mieux.

Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "L'oubli", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [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 François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "L'oubli", op. 14 no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Rouart-Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maurice Fouret (1888 - 1962), "L'Oubli", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies de Maurice Fouret sur des paroles de T. Klingsor, no. 5, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "L'oubli", published 1904 [ high voice and piano ], from Croquis d'Orient, no. 8, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "L'Oubli", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

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