Beau jouvenceau du bois joli, si joli,
Beau jouvenceau viens avec moi vers le lac.
Nous cueillerons les soucis d'eau sous les lis ;
J'emplirai de perles ta poche et ton sac
Jolis.
Beau jouvenceau des yeux jolis, si jolis,
Beau jouvenceau viens te mirer dans le lac.
Nous jetterons dans l'eau des cailloux polis
Qui feront mille ronds avec des flic-flac
Jolis.
Beau jouvenceau d'amour joli, si joli,
Je suis Ondine la reine fée au lac.
Je t'aime : tu boiras le philtre d'oubli ;
Je t'aime et je prendrai ton cœur en mes lacs
Jolis.
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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Poèmes de Bohême, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1913, pages 9-10.
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Ondine", appears in Poèmes de Bohême, in 1. Filles-fleurs, no. 2, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1913 [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 Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Ondine", published 1913 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies sur des poèmes de Tristan Klingsor, no. 7, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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