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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

L'Enfant et la Mère
Language: French (Français) 
Oh! ma mère, entends cette voix 
Qui chante et doucement m'attire.
Dors, mon enfant, dors; dans les bois
C'est le rossignol qui soupire. 
Oh! comme l'air est embaumé. 
Dis, ma mère, en sais-tu la cause?
Dors, dors, mon enfant bien aimé, 
Dors: c'est la parfum de la rose.
Ma mère, vois-tu cet enfant 
Aux yeux bleus, aux ailes dorées? 
Dors, mon fils, des feux du couchant
Tu vois les vitres éclairées. 
Ma mère, il descend; qu'il est beau!
Il me sourit, je vais le suivre; 
Et retombant dans son berceau,
L'enfant avait cessé de vivre.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "L'Enfant et la Mère", VWV 1034 (1841), published 1843 [ medium voice and piano ], from L'Album de Madame Viardot-Garcia, les dessins par A. S. et H. Soltau, lithographié par Rosenthal, no. 6, Paris, Éd. E. Troupenas et Compagnie; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 2 times]

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95

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