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by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903)

Les demoiselles
Language: French (Français) 
Rasant la mare de leurs ailes
Que le soleil rend irisées,
Elles ne sont jamais posées,
Les inconstantes demoiselles.

Plus vives que les hirondelles,
Elles voltigent, d’air grisées,
Rasant la mare de leurs ailes
Que le soleil rend irisées.

— « C’est l’image des infidèles
« Par qui nos âmes sont brisées ! »
Ainsi je songe à mes croisées
En regardant les toutes belles
Rasant la mare de leurs ailes.

Confirmed with Maurice Rollinat, Dans les brandes, poèmes et rondels, Charpentier, 1883, pages 198-199.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "Les demoiselles", appears in Dans les brandes, poèmes et rondels [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 Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "Les demoiselles" [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies. Paroles et musique de Maurice Rollinat, no. 4, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-11
Line count: 13
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