Reine des mouettes, mon orpheline Je t'ai vue rose, je m'en souviens Sous les brumes mousselines De ton deuil ancien. Rose d'aimer le baiser qui chagrine Tu te laissais accorder à mes mains Sous les brumes mousselines Voiles de nos liens. Rougis, rougis mon baiser te devine Mouette prise aux noeuds des grands chemins. Reine des mouettes, mon orpheline, Tu étais rose accordée à mes mains Rose sous les mousselines Et je m'en souviens.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Reine des mouettes", FP 121 no. 1 (1943) [ medium voice and piano ], from Métamorphoses, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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