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by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916)

Que tes yeux clairs, tes yeux d'été
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT
Que tes yeux clairs, tes yeux d'été,
Me soient, sur terre,
Les images de la bonté.

Laissons nos âmes embrasées
Revêtir d'or chaque flamme de nos pensées.

Que mes deux mains contre ton coeur
Te soient, sur terre,
Les emblèmes de la douceur.

Vivons pareils à deux prières éperdues
L'une vers l'autre, à toute heure, tendues.

Que nos baisers sur nos bouches ravies
Nous soient sur terre
Les symboles de notre vie.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), no title, written 1896, appears in Les heures claires, no. 19, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman, first published 1896 [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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979) and by Stéphane Raoul Pugno (1852 - 1914), "Que tes yeux clairs, tes yeux d'été", 1909, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Les heures claires, no. 4, Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Que tes yeux clairs", 1913, published 1913 [ high voice and piano ], from Les heures d'après-midi, no. 1, Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alice-Marie-Marguerite Sauvrezis (1866 - 1946), "Que tes yeux clairs", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Heures claires, no. 3, Paris : M. Sénart, B. Roudanez et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-01
Line count: 13
Word count: 72

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