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by Charles Fuster (1866 - 1929)

Les présents
Language: French (Français) 
Bien-aimé, tu m'as mis au doigt
Cette bague frêle, qui doit
Etre faite d'un or celeste, 
Car rien ne pour rait la briser
Que l'absence de ton baiser :
Tâche, tâche que ton baiser me reste !

Bien-aimé, tu m'as mis au yeux
Une flamme qui brille mieux, 
Si tôt que ton regard l'efflenre;
Il faut pour éteindre ce feu, 
Que ton regard me dise adieu !
Tâche, tâche que ton regard demeure !

Bien-aimé, tu m'as mis au cœur
La croyance au Dieu créateur.
Pour que la foi me fût ravie
Il me faudrait te voir mouri ; Ah
Tâche, tâche, ami si doux à chérir, 
Qu'elle soit bien longue ta vie !

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Fuster (1866 - 1929) [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 Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "Les présents", published 1898 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch & Costallat [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-20
Line count: 18
Word count: 108

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