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by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947)

De profil
Language: French (Français) 
Ah! je vous aime bien quand de profil assis
Près de ma chaise, à l'heure où le jour indécis
Met sur votre visage un ton de vieil ivoire.

Vous me faites songer dans ce calme illusoire,
Aux anges à genoux sur un blanc bas-relief:
Et notre chambre prend une grandeur de nef,

Et je goûte la paix qu'on ressent quand on prie,
Et je baisse la voix, car notre causerie
soudain devient plus grave et plus tendre,
Ah, je sens
Notre amour y flotter comme un parfum d'encens.

Text Authorship:

  • by Elena Vacarescu (1864 - 1947), "De profil", written 1886, appears in Chants d'aurore, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1886 [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 Jenő Hubay (1858 - 1937), "De profil", op. 23 (Quatre mélodies) no. 2, published 1890 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Peter Brixius

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-25
Line count: 11
Word count: 88

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