by Prosper Blanchemain (1816 - 1879)
Où vas‑tu, perle brillante
Language: French (Français)
Où vas-tu, perle brillante Qui sors du fond de la mer : -- Où vas-tu, larme brûlante , De la douleur fruit amer : -- Moi, d'une couronne altière Je vais orner le milieu. -- Moi, je porte la prière Et le deuil d'une âme à Dieu !
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Confirmed with Prosper Blanchemain, Poésies de Prosper Blanchemain, Band 2, 1866, p.16
Text Authorship:
- by Prosper Blanchemain (1816 - 1879), "Warme et perle" [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 Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "Larme et perle", op. 13 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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