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by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957)

Parallèles
Language: French (Français) 
Pendant que tu dansais
Un chat gris miaulait dans la gouttière,
Le choc de tes talons contre le sol
Soulevait les atomes de poussière,
Ton châle tournoyant prenait son vol
Pendant que tu dansais.

Pendant que tu cousais
Guidant l’aiguille de tes doigts d’albâtre
Par la légère robe d’organdi,
Un grillon chantait, tenace, dans l’âtre
Sous la cendre du foyer refroidi,
Pendant que tu cousais.

Pendant que tu priais
Pour le salut de ta chair périssable
Et la rémission de tes péchés,

Rire mauvais comme celui du Diable,
Un corbeau croassait dans le clocher,
Pendant que tu priais.

Pendant que tu dormais
Sous la fine moustiquaire de gaze
Et qu’un souffle égal soulevait ton sein
Une colombe roucoulait d’extase
Posée au bord arrondi du bassin,
Pendant que tu dormais.

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Text Authorship:

  • by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957) [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 Carlos Pedrell (1878 - 1941), "Parallèles", published 1930, first performed 1931 [ high voice and piano ], from Hispaniques, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: François Le Roux [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-14
Line count: 24
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