C’est toi que j’appelais du fond de mon enfance Je te vois revenir et ton regard sans fin dépasse notre vie en découvrant demain celui que je serai pour abolir l’absence On peut toujours être heureux quand l’avenir a les yeux bleus
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Gilson (1904 - 1963), "Absent-minded", written 1944, appears in Au Rendez-vous des solitaires, no. 24, Éd. Seghers, first published 1947 [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 Jean-Michel Damase (1928 - 2013), "Absent-minded", op. 26 no. 1 (1952), published 1954 [ medium voice and piano ], from No Exit - 6 poèmes de Paul Gilson, no. 1, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
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