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by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)

À la faveur de la nuit
Language: French (Français) 
Se glisser dans ton ombre à la faveur de la nuit.
Suivre tes pas, ton ombre à la fenêtre.
Cette ombre à la fenêtre c'est toi, ce n'est pas une autre, c'est toi.
N'ouvre pas cette fenêtre derrière les rideaux de laquelle tu bouges.
Ferme les yeux.
Je voudrais les fermer avec mes lèvres.
Mais la fenêtre s'ouvre et le vent, le vent qui balance bizarrement
la flamme et le drapeau entoure ma fuite de son manteau.
La fenêtre s'ouvre: ce n'est pas toi.
Je le savais bien.

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "À la faveur de la nuit", written 1926, appears in Corps et Biens, in À la Mystérieuse, no. 7 [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 Georges Boeuf (b. 1937), "À la faveur de la nuit", 1986, first performed 1987 [ medium voice and piano ], from À la Mystérieuse, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Casterède (1926 - 2014), "À la faveur de la nuit", 1997, published 1997 [ baritone and piano ], from Quatre poèmes de Robert Desnos, no. 3, Éd. Le Rideau Rouge [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-01-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 88

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