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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)

L'Aveu permis
Language: French (Français) 
Viens, mon cher Olivier, j'ai deux mots à te dire,
Ma mère l'a permis ; ils te rendront joyeux.
Eh bien ! je n'ose plus. Mais, dis-moi, sais-tu lire ?
Ma mère l'a permis, regarde dans mes yeux.

Voilà mes yeux baissés. Dieu ! que je suis confuse !
Mon visage a rougi ; vois-tu, c'est la pudeur.
Ma mère l'a permis, ce sera ton excuse ;
Pendant que je rougis, mets ta main sur mon cœur.

Que ton air inquiet me tourmente et me touche !
Ces deux mots sont si doux ! mon cœur les dit si bien !
Tu ne les entends pas, prends-les donc sur ma bouche,
Je fermerai les yeux, prends, mais ne m'en dis rien.

Confirmed with Les Œuvres poétiques de Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Grenoble, Presses universitaires de Grenoble, 1973.


Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "L'Aveu permis" [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 Alexis Dupond (1796 - 1874), "L'Aveu permis", published 1823, Paris, Bureau du Journal d'Euterpe, chez M. Vaillant [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles de Koster , "L'Aveu permis", Bruxelles, Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges Lauweryns (1884 - 1960), "L'Aveu permis", published c1904, Bruxelles, Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]
  • by François Rasse (1873 - 1955), "L'Aveu permis", published 1896, Bruxelles, Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ricardo Rodríguez (1877 - 1951), "L'Aveu permis" [ voice and piano ], note: this may be the wrong text for this setting [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-03-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 111

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