J'ai vu reluire, en un coin de mes âges, un souvenir qui n'était plus à moi Son père était le temps sa mère une guitare qui jouait sur des rêves errants Leur enfant tomba dans mes mains et je le posai sur un chène Un oiseau en prit soin, maintenant il chante Comment retrouver son père voilé de vent et comment recueillir les larmes de sa mère pour lui donner un nom dans le passage d'un nuage nous verrons poindre l'éternité chassant le temps En ce point tout est écrit.
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Text Authorship:
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), "Nuage", FP 162 (1956), published 1957, first performed 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies, no. 2, from Six mélodies, no. 5, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Cloud", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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