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by François Coppée (1842 - 1908)

L'âme comme un ciel limpide
Language: French (Français) 
L'âme comme un ciel limpide, 
Elle vient d'avoir quinze ans.
Volez vers l'enfant candide, 
  Purs papillons blancs. 

Il regarde l'ingénue 
Et lui fait baisser les yeux. 
Volez vers la vierge émue, 
  Doux papillons bleus. 

Il rend la fille amoureuse 
Et lui ravit son trésor. 
Volez vers l'amante heureuse,
  Beaux papillons d'or.

Mais il part. Au cœur blessée, 
Elle pleure tous les soirs. 
Volez vers la délaissée,
  Lourds papillons noirs.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Œuvres complètes de François Coppée. Théatre -- Poésies -- Prose. 1888-1899, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907, pages 17-18.


Text Authorship:

  • by François Coppée (1842 - 1908), no title, written 1895, appears in Pour la couronne, Scene 1 [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 Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "Guzla", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Mélodies pour piano et chant, no. 3, Paris, Éd. A. Joanin & Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 69

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