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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Soir
Language: French (Français) 
C'est un soir tendre comme un visage de femme.
Un soir étrange, éclos sur l'hiver âpre et dur,
Dont la suavité, flottante au clair-obscur,
Tombe en charpie exquise aux blessures de l'âme.

Des verts angelisés... des roses d'anémie...
L'Arc-de-Triomphe au loin s'estompe velouté,
Et la nuit qui descend à l'Occident bleuté
Verse aux nerfs douloureux la très douce accalmie.

Dans le mois du vent noir et des brouillards plombés
Les pétales du vieil automne sont tombés.
Le beau ciel chromatique agonise sa gamme.

Au long des vieux hôtels parfumés d'autrefois
Je respire la fleur enchantée à mes doigts.
C'est un soir tendre comme un visage de femme.

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Soir" [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 Ernest Willem Mulder (1898 - 1959), "Soir", published 1928, from Trois chansons, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 107

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