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by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)

Le Sentier
Language: French (Français) 
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Au temps des muguets et des églantines,
Quand s'epanouit la douceur de Mai,
Quand le bois s'emplit des chansons mutines
Des nids que l'écho répète charmé ;

O petit sentier caché sous les branches,
Que de fois je t'ai parcouru joyeux !
La sérénité des aurores blanches
N'éclairait pas moins mon cœur que mes yeux.

En moi fleurissait la jeune espérance,
Sur moi je sentais se lever le jour ;
Mon âme écoutait, émue, en silence,
Le mysterieux eveil de l'amour...

Où t'égares-tu, ma pauvre pensée ?
C'est si court, hélas ! un bonheur humain !
Je reconnais bien les fleurs du chemin,
Mais j'ai le cœur sombre et l'ame blessee.

Confirmed with Paul Collin, Le Sentier, in: L'année poétique, Fischbacher, 1902, p.153


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915), "Le Sentier" [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 Eugénie-Emilie Julliette Folville (1870 - 1946), "Le Sentier" [ voice and piano ], from Chants printaniers (I), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 105

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