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by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907)

Au désir
Language: French (Français) 
Ne meurs pas encore, ô divin Désir,
        Qui sur toutes choses
Vas battant de l'aile et deviens plaisir
        Dès que tu te poses.

Rôdeur curieux, es-tu las d'ouvrir
        Les lèvres, les roses ?
N'as-tu désormais rien à découvrir
        Au pays des causes ?

Couvre de baisers la face du beau,
Jusqu'au fond du vrai porte ton flambeau,
        Fils de la jeunesse !

Encor des pensers, encor des amours !
Que ta grande soif s'abreuve toujours
        Et toujours renaisse !

Text Authorship:

  • by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Au désir", written 1866?, appears in Les épreuves, in Action, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1872 [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 (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Au désir", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, Poésies de Sully-Prudhomme (1898), no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-07-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 74

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