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by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903)

L’Amour
Language: French (Français) 
L’Amour est un ange malsain
Qui frémit, sanglote et soupire.
Il est plus moelleux qu’un coussin,
Plus subtil que l’air qu’on respire,
Plus provocant qu’un spadassin.

Chacun cède au mauvais dessein
Que vous chuchote et vous inspire
Le Dieu du meurtre et du larcin,
    L’Amour.

Il voltige comme un essaim.
C’est le prestigieux vampire
Qui nous saigne et qui nous aspire :
Et nul n’arrache de son sein
Ce perfide et cet assassin,
    L’Amour !

Confirmed with Maurice Rollinat, Les Névroses, Paris, Fasquelle, 1917, page 79.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "L’Amour", 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), "L’Amour" [ voice and piano ], from Amoureuses, vingt mélodies, paroles de Maurice Rollinat, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 73

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