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by Alfred Blot (1825 - 1886)

Retour
Language: French (Français) 
Quand le poëte ailé, le rossignol fidèle,
Après un long exil a quitté sa prison,
Quand la cage de fer qui déchirait son aile
L'a vu partir joyeux... l'enfant de l'horizon !

Il s'élance au travers des vents et des orages :
Qu'importe!... il voit au loin sourire de beaux jours,
Et la forêt profonde avec ses frais ombrages,
Et le nid, le doux nid où furent ses amours.

Tel, après un long mois d'absence et de tristesses,
J'ai revu mes trésors : ta main, nid de tendresses,
Tes yeux profonds et doux, sourire de mes jours;

Ton coeur, fleur de mon coeur, vivante poésie ;
Et l'ange familier qui chantait dans ma vie
A retrouvé ses chants, sa joie et ses amours !

Confirmed with Alfred Blot, Idéales poésies, Paris, Librairie internationale, 1870, pages 91-92.


Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Blot (1825 - 1886), "Retour", appears in Idéales, Poésies, Paris, Librairie internationale, first published 1870 [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 Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Retour", op. 4 no. 14 [ high voice and piano ], from 30 morceaux de chant, no. 14, Éd. Durand, Schoenewerck & Cie  [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 119

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