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by Louis Guays

Les rêves
Language: French (Français) 
Les rêves se posent sur nous
Un moment, sans plier leurs ailes,
Ils murmurent, charmants et frêles
Des chants très vagues et très doux,
Puis, qu'un vent passe, l'aile ouverte 
Ils repartent toujours chantants,
Et leur place est vide longtemps,
Et pour longtemps l'âme est déserte!

Un beau jour le bonheur nous vient
Souriant, tout vêtu de rose,
Parfois il semble peu de chose,
Quand de son rêve on se souvient.
Il se pose aussi l'aile ouverte,
Il repart après quelques jours
Et sa place est vide toujours,
Et pour toujours l'âme est déserte!

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Guays  [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 Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "Les rêves", 1876, published 1891. [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 94

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