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by Eugène Manuel (1823 - 1901)

Quand on aime, on est tout léger !
Language: French (Français) 
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Quand on aime, on est tout léger !...
Comme un fin voilier, sans danger,
Court sur le flot que vent plisse,
Et tout fier de son pavillon,
Creuse à peine un léger sillon:
On glisse !

On a plus d'air dans les poumons
Que le pâtre au sommet des monts,
Ou, dans les blés l'enfant qui glane.
Quand on aime, on est tout léger !
Toucher le sol, c'est déroger:
On plane !...

Mais pourquoi montagne ou vaisseau?
On a les ailes de l'oiseau,
Et des nuages on raffole,
Et plein azur on croit nager;
Quand on aime, on est tout léger:
On vole !

Que l'heure est donc brève !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Massenet 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eugène Manuel (1823 - 1901), "Sérénade", written 1882, appears in En voyage, poésies, récits et souvenirs, Paris, Éd. Calmann-Lévy, first published 1882 [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), "Quand on aime", 1887, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 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: 19
Word count: 105

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