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by Thérèse Maquet (1858 - 1891)

Lui
Language: French (Français) 
Du mal secret qui le tourmente,
Vainement mon cœur se défend :
Je suis jaloux, chère âme aimante,
Jalons de ton passé d'enfant !

Car de ces heures de ta vie
Ma tendresse n'a pas sa part,
Sur la route par toi suivie
Je ne suis venu que plus tard.

Ce lointain inconnu m'attire,
et je suis jaloux, ô ma fleur,
Jaloux de ton premier sourire
Et jaloux de ton premier pleur.

Jaloux de la première aurore
Qui vint baiser ton front charmant,
Du printemps qui te vit éclore
Et du ciel ton premier amant ;

Jaloux follement et sans trêve,
Je le suis de l'ombre et du jour ;
Je le suis de ton premier rêve 
que n'a pas bercé mon amour !

Text Authorship:

  • by Thérèse Maquet (1858 - 1891) [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), "Lui", 1890, published [1891] [medium voice and piano], from Lui et elle, no. 1, Paris: G. Hartmann [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 119

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