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by Jules Verne (1828 - 1905)

Chanson turque
Language: French (Français) 
Brune enfant de l'Osmanli,
Viens, ma bien-aimée !
La nuit sur l'azur pâli
Glisse parfumée !
Le jour fuit le dôme blanc
De Sainte-Sophie.
Bravons l'Aga1 vigilant
Que ma voix défie,
Viens et que ton bras tremblant
A mon bras se fie.

Cache sous le feredgé2
Ta beauté timide.
Mon caïque3 est prêt, et j'ai
Ma rame rapide.
Irons-nous vers Tophané
Sous le sycomore ?
Vers le vieux palais baigné
Des flots du Bosphore ?
Dans quelque golfe éloigné ?
Parle, dis encore !

Parle, dis où tu voudras
Que l'onde nous porte !
Si tu restes dans mes bras,
Sur mon cÅ"ur, qu'importe !
Ne songe pas au retour !
Viens, l'heure nous presse !
Viens te donner à l'amour
Belle enchanteresse !
Viens m'enivrer, jiusq'au jour,
Viens, ô ma maîtresse !

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1 A Turkish official
2 A white veil
3 Boat used on the Bosphorus

Text Authorship:

  • by Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) [author's text not yet checked 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 Jean-Louis Aristide Hignard (1822 - 1897), "Chanson turque" [ medium voice and piano ], from Rimes et mélodies, 12 morceaux de chant, no. 12, Paris, Éditions E. Heu [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-13
Line count: 30
Word count: 124

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