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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

J'aime ton sourire
Language: French (Français) 
J'aime ton sourire
Qui m'accueille si
Gentiment ! Ainsi

Le soleil salue 
L'humble fleur des champs 
Échappée aux gens.

J'aime tes yeux d'ombre
Et de clarté, beaux
Comme des tombeaux

D'enfants et de vierges
Et j'aime les coins
De ta bouche moins

Aimables que drôles
Pour si bien baiser
Moi, pour l'apaiser,

Et j'aime ton âme 
Qui ne m'aime pas 
Jusques au trépas.

Et que de logique
Dans l'abstention
De cette action,

Car j'aime ta vie, 
Et la mienne aussi, 
Mais pas tant ainsi.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Pour E...", appears in Poèmes divers [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 Francis (François-Louis) Casadesus (1870 - 1954), "J'aime ton sourire", published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Paris, C. France [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 83

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