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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Adoration
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Je voudrais t'entourer de parfums angéliques, 
Je te voudrais bercer en d'anciennes musiques, 
Dont le charme trop doux ferait couler tes pleurs ; 
Je te voudrais parer de fleurs rares, de fleurs 
Souffrantes, qui mourraient pâles sur ton corps pâle ; 
Et je voudrais à l'heure où la mystique opale,  
La lune monterait dans le bleu firmament, 
Me pencher près de toi religieusement,
Et quand ton âme alors serait tout attendrie
Par la nuit languissante et d'étoiles fleurie,
Te murmurer, frôlé par tes cheveux soyeux, 
Des propos caressants et doux comme tes yeux.

Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. L'illusion, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1925, page 14.


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Adoration", written 1875, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Émile Chaumont (1878 - 1942), "Adoration", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éditions Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maurice Le Corbeiller (flourished c1931), "Adoration", published 1931 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Ravarin (1890 - 1917), "Adoration", 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Adoration", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 91

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