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by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903)

Les Yeux des vierges
Language: French (Français) 
Ce qui luit dans les yeux des vierges
C’est un songe vague et tremblant,
Un songe végétal et blanc
Comme le nénuphar des berges.

Tant que l’Amour, dans ses auberges,
Ne leur sert que du vin troublant,
Ce qui luit dans les yeux des vierges
C’est un songe vague et tremblant.

Mais du jour où tu les héberges,
Ô Plaisir, hôtelier brûlant,
Ton souffle humide, âcre et dolent
Éteint, comme on éteint des cierges,
Ce qui luit dans les yeux des vierges !

Confirmed with Maurice Rollinat, Les Névroses, Paris, Fasquelle, 1917, page 89.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "Les Yeux des vierges", appears in Les névroses, in 2. Les Luxures [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 Yeux des vierges" [ voice and piano ], from Amoureuses, vingt mélodies, paroles de Maurice Rollinat, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-14
Line count: 13
Word count: 82

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