Tu dors et je te regarde... Ton visage a disparu et n'est plus qu'un souffle égal, Un murmure de sommeil. Ton corps devient une ligne qui s'allonge sans effort. C'est un bel arbre couché, endormi dans tout lui même. Tu dors et je te regarde... Les songes que tu connais t'éloignent encor de moi et c'est une autre misère. Je voudrais dormir en toi pour être plus près encore de tout ce que tu me caches quand tu me caches rien. Tu dors et je te regarde...
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Text 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), "Tu dors", 1933-1943, published 1949, first performed 1944 [ baritone and piano or orchestra ], from Poèmes intimes, no. 4, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
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