La bonne chanson | J'allais par des chemins perfides

J'allais par des chemins perfides

Language: French (Français)

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J'allais par des chemins perfides,
Douloureusement incertain.
Vos chères mains furent mes guides.

Si pâle à l'horizon lointain
Luisait un faible espoir d'aurore ;
Votre regard fut le matin.

Nul bruit, sinon son pas sonore,
N'encourageait le voyageur.
Votre voix me dit : "Marche encore !"

Mon cœur craintif, mon sombre cœur
Pleurait, seul, sur la triste voie ;
L'amour, délicieux vainqueur,

Nous a réunis dans la joie.

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Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1870, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 20, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870 [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 Tony Aubin (1907 - 1981), "J'allais par des chemins perfides", 1932, published 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Six poèmes de Verlaine, no. 5, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "La bonne chanson", 1889, published 1907, first performed 1889 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Édition mutuelle [sung text checked 1 time]
by Lucien Darras (b. 1922), "Vos chères mains furent mes guides", published 1945 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rousselot [sung text not yet checked]
by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "J'allais par des chemins perfides", op. 61 no. 4, published 1892-3 [ voice and piano ], from La bonne chanson, no. 4, Paris, Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
by Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert (1868 - 1928), "L'amour vainqueur", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Bourlant-Ladam [sung text not yet checked]
by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "La bonne chanson", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
by Frédéric-Albert Le Rey (1858 - 1942), "Consolatrice", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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