by Cécile Sauvage (1883 - 1927)
Le sourire
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Certain mot murmuré Par vous est un baiser Intime et prolongé Comme un baiser sur l'âme. Ma bouche veut sourire Et mon sourire tremble.
Text Authorship:
- by Cécile Sauvage (1883 - 1927) [author's text not yet checked 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 Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992), "Le sourire", 1929, published 1930 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éditions Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The smile", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 24