Ô princesse du Rêve et des Songes ! Voici Que je me vois pareil à ses enfants, ainsi Que l'énamouré page adorant une reine. Il va rêvant tournois, batailles, olifan, Jeux de guerre et d'amour puérils… et l'enfant Se roidit pour porter le poids lourd de la traîne Ainsi je vais et suis, ô ma Princesse ! Mais Aux somptueux tournois ne pourrai-je jamais Être le chevalier descendant dans l'arène ?
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Text Authorship:
- by Marcel Noppeney (1877 - 1966), "Tournois" [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 Lou Koster (1889 - 1973), "Tournois", published 1959 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, poèmes de Marcel Noppeney, no. 3, Bruxelles, Éd. Schott Frères [sung text checked 1 time]
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