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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Déclaration
Language: French (Français) 
[Encore un coup, je ne ris pas.]1 Je vous adore,
J'idolâtre ta voix si tendrement sonore,
J'aime vos pieds, petits à tenir dans la main,
Qui font un bruit mignard et gai sur le chemin
Et luisent, rêves blancs, sous les pompons des mules.
Quand tes grands yeux, de qui les astres sont émules,
Abaissent jusqu'à nous leurs aimables rayons,
Comparable à ces fleurs d'été que nous voyons
Tourner vers le soleil leur fidèle corolle,
Lors je tombe en extase et reste sans parole,
Sans vie et sans pensée, éperdu, fou, hagard,
Devant l'éclat charmant et fier de ton regard.
Je frémis à ton souffle exquis comme au vent l'herbe,
Ô ma charmante, ô ma divine, ô ma superbe,
Et mon âme palpite au bout de tes cils d'or...

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1 omitted by de Fresne

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), 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 A. de Fresne , "Déclaration", published 1903 [voice and piano], Paris, Hachette [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-06
Line count: 15
Word count: 130

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