Je ne te demande qu'un peu de douceur Comme remède à ma tristesse, aimée ; Je ne te demande qu'un peu de douceur Pour consoler mon cœur Et le calmer. Du pays des roses je m'en reviens N'ayant gardé que les épines aux doigts, Du pays du rêve je m'en reviens : Je ne crois plus en rien, Qu'en toi. Berce-moi dans l'ombre comme une sœur Pour chasser le souci qui me ronge Et mord de ses dents pointues mon cœur : Je ne te demande qu'un peu de douceur Et de mensonge.
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1903, pages 177-178.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Demande", written 1903, appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [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 Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "Demande", op. 89 no. 3 (1944) [ voice and piano ], from Shéhérazade, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Demande", subtitle: "Chanson", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 12, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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