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by Amélie de Wailly (1854 - 1926)

Nocturne
Language: French (Français) 
Comme des perles précieuses
Tombez lourdement de mes yeux,
Coulez larmes silencieuses,
Soulagez mon cœur orgueilleux.

L'absent remplit seul ma pensée
Ce soir, s'il ne doit point venir,
Que le charme du souvenir
Berce sa triste fiancée.

J'ai gardé dans mes yeux jaloux
Le flamboiment de ses prunelles ;
Mon rêve d'amour a des ailes,
Il planne, et je pleure à genoux.

Mon cœur ne bat plus et s'enivre
de ce délectable poison ;
J'aime jusqu'à la déraison.
Aimer ainsi, ce n'est plus vivre !

Text Authorship:

  • by Amélie de Wailly (1854 - 1926) [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 René Esclavy (d. 1927), "Nocturne", published [1909] [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er recueil, no. 12, Paris, Éd. J. Poulalion [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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