Dernier Poème | Dernier poème | J'ai rêvé tellement fort de toi

by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945)

J'ai rêvé tellement fort de toi

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

J'ai rêvé tellement fort de toi,
J'ai tellement marché, tellement parlé,
Tellement aimé ton ombre,
Qu'il ne me reste plus rien de toi.
Il me reste d'être l'ombre parmi les ombres
D'être cent fois plus ombre que l'ombre
D'être l'ombre qui viendra et reviendra
  dans ta vie ensoleillée.

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Text Authorship:

by Robert Desnos (1900 - 1945), "Dernier Poème", written 1945, appears in Domaine public, first published 1953 [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 Jacques Casterède (1926 - 2014), "Dernier poème", 1997, published 1997 [ baritone and piano ], from Quatre poèmes de Robert Desnos, no. 4, Éd. Le Rideau Rouge [sung text not yet checked]
by Marcel Delannoy (1898 - 1962), "Tereczin 45", op. 48 no. 5 (1945), published 1946 [ medium voice and piano ], from État de Veille, no. 5, Édition Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
by Henri Dutilleux (1916 - 2013), "Le dernier poème", 2006-9 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Le temps l'horloge, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Berthold Goldschmidt (1903 - 1996), "Le Dernier Poème", 1994, published 1994 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Les Petits Adieux, no. 4, London, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Dernier poème", FP 163 (1956), published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 6, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 48