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by Auguste Dorchain (1857 - 1930)

Le sommeil de l'amour
Language: French (Français) 
     Les roses s'endormaient au profond du jardin, 
Dans le silence bleu de la lune endormie, 
Quand, las, pour son sommeil cherchant une ombre amie, 
Erôs parmi les fleurs s'est abattu soudain. 

     Ô miracle ! au contact du dormeur enfantin 
Tout s'éveille : un désir monte en cette accalmie ; 
Un rayon vient du dieu baiser la chair blémie ; 
Les fleurs tendent vers lui leurs lèvres de salin. 

     Sous l'abandon des bras, sous la langueur des hanches, 
Les rosiers en amour ont assoupli leurs branches 
Pour faire à son corps tiède un berceau parfumé ; 

     Et l'on voit, — harmonie et caresse des choses, — 
Se joindre et se confondre en un frisson pâmé 
Le bleu du clair de lune et le rose des roses.

Text Authorship:

  • by Auguste Dorchain (1857 - 1930), "Le sommeil de l'amour", first published 1902 [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 Isabelle Delâge-Prat (1860 - 1945), "Le sommeil de l'amour" [ high voice and piano or harp ], Paris, Éd. Pfister Frères [sung text not yet checked]
  • by ? Grujard de Nuin , "Le Sommeil de l'Amour", published [1922] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. A. Besnard [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Kochs , "Le sommeil de l'amour", subtitle: "Berceuse", published [1909] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Poulalion [sung text not yet checked]
  • by P. E. Maton , "Le Sommeil de l'amour", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Dix Mélodies pour Chant et Piano, no. 8, Paris, Édition Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 121

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