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by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887)

Coup de foudre
Language: French (Français) 
                   J'aime, j'aime : j'ai bu un 
bon coup de vertige. Moi si analyste, d'une âme 
si myope, je me sens tout solennel. — Et je vais 
par les rues. Le Luxembourg est plein d'une grande 
allégresse des cloches. Si elle ne m'aime pas, si je 
ne dois pas l'avoir absolument, qu'importe ? J'aime, 
cela me suffit, je me sens généreux, céleste, humain, 
palpitant, si plein de choses que je n'ose me re- 
garder entre quatre-z-yeux. Et tout ça sans blague.

Confirmed with Oeuvres complètes de Jules Laforgue, volume 3, "Mélanges posthumes : Pensées et paradoxes, Pierrot fumiste, Notes sur la femme, L'Art impressionniste, L'Art en Allemagne, Lettres", Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1902, pages 40-41.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887), "Coup de foudre", appears in Paysages et impressions [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 Martha Helen Schmidt (b. 1956), "Coup de foudre", copyright © 2011 [ high voice, piano, violin ], from Quatre chansons for high voice, piano, violin, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-10-01
Line count: 9
Word count: 79

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