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by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916)

Pieusement
Language: French (Français) 
La nuit d'hiver élève au ciel son pur calice.

Et je lève mon coeur aussi, mon coeur nocturne,
Seigneur, mon cœur ! vers ton pâle infini vide,
Et néanmoins je sais que tout est taciturne
Et qu'il n'existe rien dont ce coeur meurt, avide ;
Et je te sais mensonge et mes lèvres te prient

Et mes genoux ; je sais et tes grandes mains closes
Et tes grands yeux fermés aux désespoirs qui crient,
Et que c'est moi, qui seul, me rêve dans les choses ;
Sois de pitié, Seigneur, pour ma toute démence.
J'ai besoin de pleurer mon mal vers ton silence !...

La nuit d'hiver élève au ciel son pur calice !

Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), "Pieusement", appears in Les débâcles, first published 1888 [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 Gabriel Dupont (1878 - 1914), "Pieusement", 1909, from Deux mélodies, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 109

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