Un pas léger chantait au sable de l'allée : Dans l'attente j'ouvris la porte de mon cœur, Mais la frêle chanson, soudain s'en est allée ... Et je n'entends plus rien qu'un silence moqueur ! Un rire éblouissant sonnait sous ma fenêtre: Je penchais, frissonnant, mon âme vers le bruit, Pour voir dans le soir morne un spectre disparaître. Et je ne vois plus rien que l'ombre et la nuit ! Une main effleura mon front lourd de sa peine. Vers elle je portais ma lèvre et mon désir. Mais mon geste fut vain, mon espérance vaine … Et mes bras étendus ne peuvent rien saisir !
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Text Authorship:
- by Marcel Noppeney (1877 - 1966), "Illusions", appears in Le Prince Avril, Paris, Éd. Messein, first published 1907 [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 Helen Buchholtz (1877 - 1953), "Illusions" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "Illusions", published 1959 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, poèmes de Marcel Noppeney, no. 2, Bruxelles, Éd. Schott Frères [sung text checked 1 time]
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