Se contenter du sourire divin D'un visage qu'on aime, D'un verre d'eau sans vin Et d'une tarte à la crème. Faire ce rêve: S'enivrer du parfum d'une rose brisée Et des deux lèvres Ouvertes pour le baiser. Vivre en somme d'amour et d'eau claire Tant qu'on aime, Puis s'endormir à jamais au son d'un vieil air Mélancolique de Bohème. Et dire que cela même est folie De demander si peu Et qu'il faudra mourir un jour sans sou ni jolie O mon Dieu!...
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "L'eau claire", appears in Humoresques, no. 27, 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 Louis Beydts (1896 - 1953), "L'eau claire", published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinq Humoresques sur des poésies de Tristan Klingsor, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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