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

Comme autrefois
Language: French (Français) 
  (Déclamation rythmée)

J'ai revêtu, ce soir,
Mon large manteau noir,
Celui que je mettais au temps de nos folies,
Quand tes yeux s'emplissaient de mes mélancolies.
Puis j'ai remis la fleur qui tremblait sur mon cœur
Jadis : géranium ou branche de verveine ?
O parfum qui contient une si douce peine...
Car j'ai pleuré d'amour,
tout bas, jusques au jour.
N'as-tu pas vu parmi des lambeaux de dentelles,
Mes bras nus suppliants s'ouvrir comme des ailes ?
Et mon grand manteau noir
Flotter au veut du soir ?

Text Authorship:

  • by Jeanne-Françoise Thomasset (1878 - 1943), as Jeanne Dortzal, "Comme autrefois", written 1908, appears in 2. Variations sur un même thème, no. 18, 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), "Comme autrefois", c1902-12, published 1913, orchestrated 1909, from Expressions lyriques - Mélodies avec déclamation rythmée, no. 6 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 86

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