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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Tendre, la jeune femme rousse
Language: French (Français) 
Tendre, la jeune femme rousse,
Que tant d'innocence émoustille,
Dit à la blonde jeune fille
Ces mots, tout bas, d'une voix douce :

» Sève qui monte et fleur qui pousse,
Ton enfance est une charmille :
Laisse errer mes doigts dans la mousse
Où le bouton de rose brille,

» Laisse-moi, parmi l'herbe claire,
Boire les gouttes de rosée
Dont la fleur tendre est arrosée, --

» Afin que le plaisir, ma chère,
Illumine ton front candide
Comme l'aube l'azur timide. « 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Printemps", appears in Parallèlement, in Les amies, no. 4, first published 1867 [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 Willem Frederik Bon (1940 - 1983), "Le printemps", published 1978 [bass and instrumental ensemble], from Les Saisons de Verlaine, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [ sung text not verified ]
  • by Patrick Burgan (b. 1960), "Printemps", 1998?, published 1998 [soprano and flute], from Jeux de femmes, 6 poèmes érotiques de Paul Verlaine, no. 4, Éd. Billaudot [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 80

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