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by Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854)

Comme on voit au matin
Language: French (Français) 
Comme on voit au matin
Deux gouttes de rosée,
Tremblantes sur le bord
D'une rose épuisée,
Par un secret penchant
Se chercher et s'unir,
De même, par l'amour
Doucement appelée,
L'âme isolée aussi
Cherche l'âme isolée,
Pour se confondre en un soupir.

Ainsi j'avais senti
Voler vers toi mon âme;
J'allais cherchant partout
Aux lèvres d'une femme
Ce sourire tant rêvé,
Céleste et consolant.
Mais j'appelais en vain
Sa chimérique image,
Quand Dieu, qui nous aimait,
Te mit sur mon passage!
Je te compris en te voyant!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Souvestre (1806 - 1854), "Elle, 27 août", appears in La lune de miel, Paris, Éd. Michel Lévy Frères, first published 1861 [author's text not yet checked 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 Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Elle", op. 7 no. 10 [ high voice and piano ], from 12 morceaux pour chant et piano, 1re série, no. 10, Éd. Durand, Schoenewerck & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-14
Line count: 22
Word count: 87

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