by
Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Mets ta main sur mes yeux : je ne veux...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG ENG
Mets ta main sur mes yeux : je ne veux plus rien voir
Et ne plus rien sentir, hors ta chère présence,
Puisque ainsi ta tendresse est mon unique espoir,
Et que ton amour sûr est ma seule croyance.
Mets ta main sur mes yeux, mets mon front sur ton cœur ;
Que ton âme de fleur me caresse et pénètre,
M'imprégnant d'une exquise et mortelle langueur,
Et fais descendre en moi le calme de ton être.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, Troisième édition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, pages 96-97.
Note: in the scores of Baton and Fleuret, the words "Puisque ainsi" are elided to form "Puisqu'ainsi" (stanza 1, line 3)
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alfred Bachelet (1864 - 1944), "Tendresse", published <<1894 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 3, Éd. H. Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
- by René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Tendresse", op. 16 no. 5 (1911), published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Léontine Benoit Granier (d. 1957), "Tendresse" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Fleuret (1869 - 1915), "Tendresse", published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from L'Illusion, poème en neuf chants de Jean Lahor, no. 6, Lyon, Éd. Janin Frères [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Ravarin (1890 - 1917), "Tendresse", 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustave Samazeuilh (1877 - 1967), "Tendresses", published 1914 [ high voice and piano ], Paris: Durand [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Tenderness", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 75
Place your hand over my eyes: I no...
Language: English after the French (Français)
Place your hand over my eyes: I no longer want to see anything
Nor to feel anything, beyond your dear presence,
For your tenderness is my one hope,
And your certain love my only faith.
Place your hand over my eyes, place my head on your heart;
Let your soul of a flower caress and enter me,
Imbuing me with an exquisite and mortal languor,
And bring down into me the tranquility of your being.
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of titles:
"Tendresse" = "Tenderness"
"Tendresses" = "Tenderness"
Text Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2025-08-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 75
