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by André Gide (1869 - 1951)

Courbez‑vous, penchez‑vous tout autour...
Language: French (Français) 
[Courbez-vous, penchez-vous tout]1 autour de ma tête,
Étendez vos rameaux lentement balancés
Par une haleine, ô très discrète,
Sous le mystère obscur des feuillages, lancez
Les caresses de vos ombrages.
Je souffre, j’ai sommeil ; bruissement doux des eaux,
Des eaux qui coulent, chantez bas, chantez sans suite
Les murmures de vos ruisseaux.
Mon âme écoute, oublieuse des temps, la fuite,
La fuite des heures, longtemps.
Je voudrais m’endormir, chère, sous ta caresse :
Passe très lentement tes doigts dans mes cheveux ;
Surtout ne parle pas… puis laisse
Ta main, ta fraîche main dans la mienne ; je veux
En songe que ton ombre vienne.

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Confirmed with André Gide. Prix Nobel de littérature. Correspondance 1888-1951, Gallimard, 2019, page 36.

1 Jaëll: "Saules, osiers, courbez, tout"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by André Gide (1869 - 1951), no title [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 Marie Jaëll (1846 - 1925), "Dormir, dormir" [ voice and piano ], from Recueil de Chansons, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 103

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