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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Puisque tout n'est rien que fables
Language: French (Français) 
Puisque tout n'est rien que fables,
Hormis d'aimer ton désir,
Jouis vite du loisir
Que te font des dieux affables.

Puisqu'à ce point se trouva
Facile ta destinée,
Puisque vers toi ramenée
L'Arcadie est proche, -- va !

Va ! le vin dans les feuillages
Fait éclater les beaux yeux
Et battre les cœurs joyeux
À l'étroit sous les corsages...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Jadis et naguère, in Jadis, in Sonnets et autres vers, in 21. Les Uns et les Autres [author's text checked 1 time 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 Maxime Jacob (1906 - 1977), "Puisque tout n'est rien que fables ", 1927, published 1928 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux chansons de Mezzetin, no. 1, Paris, Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max d'Ollone (1875 - 1959), "Puisque tout n'est rien que fables", published 1922 [ voice and orchestra ], from operetta Les Uns et les Autres, no. 1, choudens [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "La meilleure morale", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Chappell & Co. Ltd [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

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