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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Monotone, triste et charmant
Language: French (Français) 
Monotone, triste et charmant, 
Il est un vieil air de la Perse
Qui t'enveloppe doucement, 
T'alanguit, t'adore et te berce,

Et te raconte, ô mon amour, 
Mon ancienne mélancolie,
Avant que ta tendresse un jour 
Ne m'eût guéri de ma folie.

Les yeux ne parlent pas assez,
La bouche aussi ne peut tout dire : 
Par ces chansons des temps passés 
Je cause avec toi, je soupire ;

Et la musique sait bien mieux
Que je [ne le saurais]1 moi-même,
[Dans]2 un baiser délicieux
Te verser tout mon cœur qui t'aime !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Tosti 

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Confirmed with L'Illusion, Troisième édition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, p. 136.

1 Tosti: "ne saurai"
2 Tosti: "En"

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Les caresses de la musique", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Claudius Blanc (1854 - 1900), "Les caresses de la musique", subtitle: "Mélodie persane" [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies Orientales, no. 4, from Mélodies Persanes, no. 1, Édition Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Mon cœur qui t'aime!", 1903, published 1903? [ voice and piano ], Milan: Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-08-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 91

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