Je ne sais ni d’où vous venez ni quels rêves attendent votre sommeil. Comme un papillon mystérieux dans ma chambre vous êtes entré. Je vois vos ailes et je hais les mains lourdes qui voudraient les saisir. Mais dans la chambre, devenue magique, mon cœur inquiet veille le fragile trésor.
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Authorship:
- by André Germain (1882 - 1971), appears in Chants dans la brume, in 1. À un Prince exilé, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Émile-Paul Frères [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 Armande de Polignac (1876 - 1962), "À un prince exilé 2", <<1956 [ voice and piano ], from Chants dans la brume, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps
This text was added to the website: 2022-02-10
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