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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Per amica silentia
Language: French (Français) 
Les longs rideaux de blanche mousseline 
Que la lueur pâle de la veilleuse 
Fait fluer comme une vague opaline 
Dans l'ombre mollement mystérieuse,

Les grands rideaux du grand lit d'Adeline
Ont entendu, Claire, ta voix rieuse, 
Ta douce voix argentine et câline 
Qu'une autre voix enlace, furieuse.

" Aimons, aimons ! " disaient vos voix mêlées, 
Claire, Adeline, adorables victimes 
Du noble voeu de vos âmes sublimes.

Aimez, aimez ! ô chères Esseulées, 
Puisqu'en ces jours de malheur, vous encore, 
Le glorieux Stigmate vous décore.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Per amica silentia", written 1867?, appears in Parallèlement, in Les amies, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1889 [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 Patrick Burgan (b. 1960), "Per amica silentia", 1998?, published 1998 [soprano and flute], from Jeux de femmes, 6 poèmes érotiques de Paul Verlaine, no. 3, Éd. Billaudot [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-01-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 83

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