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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Comme les gouttes d'eau
Language: French (Français) 
Comme les gouttes d'eau sur un roc qui se creuse, 
Les heures, en tombant, ont ouvert dans mon cœur 
Une lente blessure, et leur sillon vainqueur 
Y serpente en chantant sa chanson douloureuse. 

Comme les gouttes d eau sur un roc qui verdit 
Et de mousse légère au printemps se décore, 
Les heures vont tombant et, sur mon cœur sonore,
La pâle floraison du souvenir grandit. 

Des cieux à peine vus répétant le mirage, 
Tendant sur l'horizon leur magique rideau, 
Les heures vont tombant comme les gouttes d'eau
Sous les bois odorants quand a passé l'orage !

Confirmed with La Chanson des Heures. Poésies nouvelles (1874-1878), Paris, G. Charpentier, 1878, page 241.


Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 7. L'Âme en deuil, in 3. Les Fleurs de sang, no. 2, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 E. Savenay , "Comme les gouttes d'eau", published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies de E. Savenay, no. 3, Paris, Éd. L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 96

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