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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

La marchande de rêves
Language: French (Français) 
Pour faire mes heures plus brèves,
Plus court le temps qui m'est compté,
Tourne tes yeux de mon côté,
Ô belle marchande de rêves !
Chasse de mon front les ennuis,
Le deuil du soleil et des roses,
Et la lenteur des jours moroses,
Et la solitude des nuits !

Pour faire mes heures plus brèves
Tourne tes yeux de mon côté,
Ô belle marchande de rêves
Les rêves qu'il me faut, sais-tu,
Sont roses, bleus, couleur de flamme,
Et tout bas, s'il parlent à l'âme,
C'est d'amour et non de vertu.
Pour faire mes heures plus brèves,
Tourne tes yeux de mon côté,
Ô belle marchande de rêves !

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901) [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), "La marchande de rêves", 1905, published 1905. [voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 107

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