Je veux te voir partout, toujours, Te sentir en moi et me faire Pareil à toi qui es pareille à ce que je crois que tu es. Il me faut ta chaleur, ta preuve exacte et secrète et profonde. Tu es le ciel dont je suis sûr, La nuit qui n'est plus redoutable, Vigilance de ton amour, Bonheur, île de ta présence: Il me faut ce bien limité, Cette sévère et forte chance. Tu es tout ce que je désire dans l'espace qui nous entend; Et lorsque c'est toi qui me cherches C'est moi qui te trouve aussitôt.
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Authorship:
- by Louis Émié (1900 - 1967), written 1941 [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), "Je veux te voir", 1933-1943, published 1949, first performed 1944 [ baritone and piano or orchestra ], from Poèmes intimes, no. 2, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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