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by Jeanne-Françoise Thomasset (1878 - 1943), as Jeanne Dortzal

Battements d'ailes
Language: French (Français) 
  (Déclamation rythmée)

Les soirs d'été si doux, voilés de crêpes bleus,
Où le cœur vient mourir dans un battement d'ailes,
Font les arbres légers
Comme de blonds cheveux
Sur lesquels, en rêvant, flotteraient des dentelles.
Le lac a revêtu ses tons de camaleux
Et reflète en son eau, du ciel,
Puisque étoile...
Regardons-nous, veux-tu, tout au fond de nos yeux,
Afin que notre amour hisse sa blanche voile !
Ah ! laissons-nous bercer par le divin hasard...
Quel bonheur de s'aimer au cœur même des choses,
De jeter sur la vie un doux et long regard,
De jeter sur la vie, à pleinen mains, 
des roses !... des roses !.. des roses !...

Text Authorship:

  • by Jeanne-Françoise Thomasset (1878 - 1943), as Jeanne Dortzal, "Battements d'ailes", written 1908, appears in 2. Variations sur un même thème, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Sansot & Cie, first published 1908 [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Battements d'ailes", c1902-12, published 1913, orchestrated 1909 [voice and piano], from Expressions lyriques - Mélodies avec déclamation rythmée, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 110

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