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by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903)

L’Ange pâle
Language: French (Français) 
À la longue, je suis devenu bien morose :
Mon rêve s’est éteint, mon rire s’est usé.
Amour et Gloire ont fui comme un parfum de rose ;
Rien ne fascine plus mon cœur désabusé.

Il me reste pourtant un ange de chlorose,
Enfant pâle qui veille et cherche à m’apaiser ;
Sorte de lys humain que la tristesse arrose
Et qui suspend son âme aux ailes du baiser.

Religieux fantôme aux charmes narcotiques !
Un fluide câlin sort de ses doigts mystiques ;
Le rythme de son pas est plein de nonchaloir.

La pitié de son geste émeut ma solitude ;
À toute heure, sa voix infiltreuse d’espoir
Chuchote un mot tranquille à mon inquiétude.

Confirmed with Maurice Rollinat, Les Névroses, Paris, Fasquelle, 1917, page 27.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "L’Ange pâle", appears in Les névroses, in 1. Les Âmes [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), "L’Ange pâle" [ voice and piano ], from Amoureuses, vingt mélodies, paroles de Maurice Rollinat, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 110

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