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by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945)

La dormeuse
Language: French (Français) 
Quels secrets dans son cœur brûle ma jeune amie,
Âme par le doux masque aspirant une fleur ?
De quels vains aliments sa naïve chaleur
Fait ce rayonnement d’une femme endormie ?

Souffles, songes, silence, invincible accalmie,
Tu triomphes, ô paix plus puissante qu’un pleur,
Quand de ce plein sommeil l’onde grave et l’ampleur
Conspirent sur le sein d’une telle ennemie.

Dormeuse, amas doré d’ombres et d’abandons,
Ton repos redoutable est chargé de tels dons,
Ô biche avec langueur longue auprès d’une grappe,

Que malgré l’âme absente, occupée aux enfers,
Ta forme au ventre pur qu’un bras fluide drape,
Veille ; ta forme veille, et mes yeux sont ouverts.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ambroise-Paul-Touissaint-Jules Valéry (1871 - 1945), "La dormeuse" [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 Benjamin C. S. Boyle , "La dormeuse", op. 15 no. 1, published 2007, first performed 2008 [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Le passage des rêves, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Hermann (1902 - 1944), "La dormeuse", 1934 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 106

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