J'ai laissé ma main dans les tiennes, O mon ami silencieusement chéri, Sans que tu la retiennes, Car tu n'as pas compris. Je suis restée penchée contre toi Et mon cœur battait à la volée Sous mes doigts, Mais tu ne t'es pas troublé. C'est toi seul que j'aurais voulu pour hôte, O mon cher compagnon silencieux, Mais tu as pris le bras d'une autre, Et tu me souriais en me disant adieu.
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, L'escarbille d'or; poèmes, Paris: Éditions Sansot, 1921, page 22.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de Sylvie", written 1922, appears in L’escarbille d’or, no. 14, Paris, Éditions R. Chiberre, first published 1922 [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 André-Marie Cuvelier (d. 1947), "Chanson de Sylvie", 1929/1937 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons pour Hélène, 1er recueil, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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