by Charles Cros (1842 - 1888)
Belle, belle, belle, belle !
Language: French (Français)
Belle, belle, belle, belle ! Que voulez-vous que je dise À votre frimousse exquise ? Riez, rose, sans cervelle. Je suis un petit miroir, Je suis de glace et d’étain’ Mais vos yeux et votre teint S’illuminent à vous voir. Les douleurs, les ennuis pires, Je chasse tout penser triste ; Je ne veux (un tic d’artiste) Refléter que vos sourires.
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Text Authorship:
- by Charles Cros (1842 - 1888), "Paroles d'un miroir à une belle dame", appears in Le collier de griffes, in 4. Tendresse, no. 10, Paris, Éd. posthume Stock, first published 1908 [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Belle, belle", 1955 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zoltán Horusitzky (1903 - 1985), "Paroles d'un miroir", op. 58 no. 2 (1974-1977) [ tenor and piano ], from Öt francia dal = Five French Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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