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by Georges Esclavy

Invocation
Language: French (Français) 
A tout jamais nos deux cœurs vont s'unir,
Que le même idéal guide notre pensée
Comme un beau rêve apparait l'avenir
Et doucement notre âme en est bercée.

Si parfois un nuage assombrit notre azur,
Forts de notre union, forts de notre tendresse,
Nous saurons l'écarter, et dans notre ciel pur
L'astre auguste et joyeux resplendira sans cesse.

Mais en ce jour de bonheur et d'espoir,
Loin de nous les soucis, les sinistres présages,
En plein midi, pourquoi penser au soir ?
Croire au bonheur présent, c'est la raison des sages.

Élevons nos regards vers l'infini des cieux,
Que tout s'absorbe en nous, que la nature entière
En ce sublime instant disparaisse à nos yeux ;
Confondant nos esprits planons dans la lumière.

Text Authorship:

  • by Georges Esclavy  [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), "Invocation", published [1909] [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er recueil, no. 14, 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: 121

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