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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Pastel
Language: French (Français) 
J'aime à vous voir en vos cadres ovales,
Portraits jaunis des belles du vieux temps,
Tenant en main des roses un peu pâles,
Comme il convient à des fleurs de cent ans.

Le vent d'hiver, en vous touchant la joue,
A fait mourir vos oeillets et vos lis,
Vous n'avez plus que des mouches de boue
Et sur les quais vous gisez tout salis.

Il est passé, le doux règne des belles;
La Parabère avec la Pompadour
Ne trouveraient que des sujets rebelles,
Et sous leur tombe est enterré l'amour.

Vous, cependant, vieux portraits qu'on oublie,
Vous respirez vos bouquets sans parfums,
Et souriez avec mélancolie
Au souvenir de vos galants défunts.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Pastel", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838 [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 Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Pastel", published 1869 [ voice and piano ], from 12 mélodies, no. 12, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles-Henri Maréchal (1842 - 1924), "Pastel", 1868, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Deux Feuillets d'Album, no. 1, Paris, Colombier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Pastel", 1905, published 1906 [ medium voice and piano ], from Feuilles au vent - 1ère série, no. 3, Paris, Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges Street (1854 - 1908), "Pastel", op. 2 no. 5, published 1875 [ high voice and piano ], from Six suites pour le chant, no. 5, Paris, Durand & Schoenewerk [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-09-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

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