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by Marcel Schwob (1867 - 1905)

Ô Monelle, dis‑je encore
Language: French (Français) 
— Ô Monelle, dis-je encore, 
tous les enfants pleurent 
dans la maison vide ; 
et les jouets se couvrent de poussière, 
et la petite lampe s'est éteinte, 
et tous les rires qui étaient 
dans tous les coins se sont enfuis, 
et le monde est retourné au travail. 
Mais nous te pensions ailleurs. 
Nous pensions que tu jouais loin de nous, 
en un lieu où nous ne pouvons parvenir. 
Et voici que tu dors, 
nichée comme un petit animal sauvage, 
au-dessous de la neige 
que tu aimais pour sa blancheur.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Marcel Schwob, Le Livre de Monelle, Paris, Éditions du Boucher, 2003, page 64.

Note: arbitrary line breaks have been added to this prose selection.

Text Authorship:

  • by Marcel Schwob (1867 - 1905), no title, appears in Le Livre de Monelle, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1894 [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 Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961), "Du livre de Monelle", op. 2 no. 3 (1908), published 1914, first performed 1910 [high voice and piano], from Trois mélodies, no. 3, Éd. Durand [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Eric Bauer

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-11
Line count: 15
Word count: 88

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