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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

Ville d’Orient
Language: French (Français) 
Toi, dont j’ai vu monter de la terre d’Asie 
Les cyprès toujours verts et les blancs minarets, 
Entre toutes, mon cœur, ô Ville, t’a choisie 
Pour l’un de ses désirs et l’un de ses reg-rets.

Ma mémoire s’émeut à tes beautés lointaines 
Dont l’aspect un seul jour charma mes yeux nouveaux, 
Et j’écoute, depuis, la voix de tes fontaines 
Qui rend plus g-rave encor la paix de tes tombeaux.

Confirmed with Henri de RégnierLa Sandale ailée, Paris : Mercure de France, 1906, p.113


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Ville d'Orient", appears in La sandale ailée [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 George Ritas , "Ville d’Orient" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-18
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Word count: 69

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