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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Pour veiner de son front la pâleur...
Language: French (Français) 
Pour veiner de son front la pâleur délicate,
Le Japon a donné son plus limpide azur ;
La blanche porcelaine est d'un blanc bien moins pur
Que son col transparent et ses tempes d'agate ;

Dans sa prunelle humide un doux rayon éclate ;
Le chant du rossignol près de sa voix est dur,
Et, quand elle se lève à notre ciel obscur,
On dirait de la lune en sa robe d'ouate ;

Ses yeux d'argent bruni roulent moelleusement ;
Le caprice a taillé son petit nez charmant ;
Sa bouche a des rougeurs de pêche et de framboise ;

Ses mouvements sont pleins d'une grâce chinoise,
Et près d'elle on respire autour de sa beauté
Quelque chose de doux comme l'odeur du thé.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Sonnet", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838 [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 Charlotte Devéria, née Thomas (1856 - 1885), "Chinoiserie", subtitle: "Air chinois" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 3ème recueil, no. 4, Éd. "Au Ménestrel", Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Sonnet chinois", 1905, published 1906, from Feuilles au vent - 1ère série, no. 1, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 117

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