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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Amen
Language: French (Français) 
Il est l’heure enfin de bénir
Le sommeil éteint des esclaves,
Et j’attends ses mains à venir
En roses blanches dans les caves.

J’attends enfin son souffle frais,
Sur mon cœur enfin clos aux fraudes ;
Agneau-pascal dans les marais,
Et blessure au fond des eaux chaudes.


J’attends des nuits sans lendemains,
Et des faiblesses sans remède ;
J’attends son ombre sur mes mains,
Et son image dans l’eau tiède.

J’attends vos nuits afin de voir
Mes désirs se laver la face,
Et mes songes aux bains du soir,
Mourir en un palais de glace.

Confirmed with Maurice Maeterlinck, Serres chaudes, Paul Lacomblez, Éditeur, 1912, pages 57-58.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Amen", appears in Serres chaudes [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 Thomas Oboe Lee (b. 1945), "Amen", 2020 [ soprano and piano ], from Chansons de Maeterlinck, no. 9, SMP Press [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 93

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