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

Pour que je t'aime, ô mon poëte
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pour que je t'aime, ô mon poëte,
Ne fais pas fuir par trop d'ardeur
Mon amour, colombe inquiète,
Au ciel rose de la pudeur.

L'oiseau qui marche dans l'allée
S'effraye et part au moindre bruit ;
Ma passion est chose ailée
Et s'envole quand on la suit.

Muet comme l'Hermès de marbre,
Sous la charmille pose-toi ;
Tu verras bientôt de son arbre
L'oiseau descendre sans effroi.

Tes tempes sentiront près d'elles,
Avec des souffles de fraîcheur,
Une palpitation d'ailes
Dans un tourbillon de blancheur ;

Et la colombe apprivoisée
Sur ton épaule s'abattra,
Et son bec à pointe rosée
De ton baiser s'enivrera.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Odelette anacréontique", appears in Émaux et Camées [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 Jean-Marc Déhan (1929 - 2009), "La colombe", <<1989 [ baritone and piano ], from Mélodies, 2ème série, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Ehrhart (1857 - 1949), "Odelette anacréontique", op. 47 no. 2 (1887) [ high voice and piano ], from Deux Odelettes pour chant et piano, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "La colombe apprivois&eaute;e - Odelette", 1896 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fernand-Gustave Halphen (1872 - 1917), "Odelette", 1897, published 1906, from Dix mélodies, deuxième recueil, no. 4, Éd. Société Musicale G. Astruc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "La colombe apprivoisée", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Mélodies pour piano et chant, no. 5, Paris, Éd. A. Joanin & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julien Naudy , "Odelette anacréontique", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Maurice Vieu et Jane Vieu [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pierre Renauld (1883 - 1971), "Odelette anacréontique", 1931 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-04-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 101

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