by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)
Hélas, ton âme est bonne, hélas, ta...
Language: French (Français)
Hélas, ton âme est bonne, hélas, ta chair est belle, Mais j'ai pitié de nous quand ton baiser m'appelle, De moi qui te voulus et de toi qui m'élus ; Notre bonheur est triste et rien ne lui pardonne : Hélas, ta chair est belle, hélas, ton âme est bonne, Tu t'es donnée à moi quand je ne t'aimais plus.
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Confirmed with Edmond Haraucourt, Seul, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1891, page 240.
Text Authorship:
- by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), no title, written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 16, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891 [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), "Hélas ! ton âme est bonne", 1893 [ high voice and piano ], from Solitudes, 15 poèmes de E. Haraucourt, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
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