Ici et là, partout et même Où n'étant plus tu es encor Je te découvre et te ramène Dans l'ombre étroite de ton corps. Tu peux perdre ici ta présence Et disperser ton mouvement, Dans ta forme qui recommence J'immobilise mon tourment. Tu n'es plus ce nom, ce visage, Cette colère, cette loi: Tu conduis dans mon paysage La saison qui n'aime que toi. Je n'existe plus si je doute, Ombre vive aux bras transparents, Et si tu parles je n'écoute Que le silence où je m'entends.
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First published in the revue Comoedia (1942), then in 1944 in Le Nom du feu.
Text Authorship:
- by Louis Émié (1900 - 1967), no title, written 1941, appears in Le Nom du Feu, in 2. Invention de l'amour, no. 1, first published 1942 [author's text not yet checked 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 André Jolivet (1905 - 1974), "Amour", 1933-1943, published 1949, first performed 1944 [ baritone and piano or orchestra ], from Poèmes intimes, no. 1, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
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