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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Ton menton pose dans ta main
Language: French (Français) 
Ton menton pose dans ta main; 
Tes lèvres songent, évasives, 
Tes prunelles dorment, pensives, 
Sur une branche de jasmin... 

La bouche brûlant de carmin. 
Sous tes parures excessives 
Tu prends, dans les ombres massives. 
L'air fabuleux et surhumain. 

Et mon amour qui s'exacerbe 
Devant ton silence superbe 
Cherche en vain, sans trouver la paix, 

Ce je ne sais quoi de ton âme, 
De ton cœur, de tes sens, ô femme, 
Qu'il ne possédera jamais.

About the headline (FAQ)

Note: the poem first appeared in the revue Au Mercure de France, August 1890, and later in Au Jardin de L'Infante, 1893.


Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), no title, written 1890, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, in 1. Les Heures d'été, no. 5, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1890 [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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Ton menton pose dans ta main", op. 14 no. 5 (1906), published 1908-1910 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les heures d'été, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maurice Le Boucher (1882 - 1964), "Tourment", 1909, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, poésies d'Albert Samain, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Costallat & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolphe Piriou (1878 - 1964), "Ton menton pose dans ta main", op. 1 no. 3 (1905), published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Les Heures d'été, no. 3, Éd. Société d'éditions musicales (Ancien fonds Pierre Dupont) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Ton menton pose dans ta main", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Heures d'été, no. 4, Éd. Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Vaucamps , "Ton menton pose dans ta main", published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Les Heures d'été, no. 5, Éd. Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Waterman (1886 - 1966), "Ton menton posé dans ta main", copyright © 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Heures d'été, no. 5, Paris : Costallat [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-01-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 74

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