L'aveu (À une enfant taciturne) | L'aveu | J'ai perdu la forêt, la plaine

by Auguste, Comte de Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1838 - 1889)

J'ai perdu la forêt, la plaine

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

J'ai perdu la forêt, la plaine,
Et les frais avrils d'autre-fois.
Donne tes lèvres, leur haleine
Ce sera le souffle des bois.

J'ai perdu l'océan morose,
Son deuil, ses vagues, ses échos;
Dis-moi n'importe quelle chose,
Ce sera la rumeur des flots.

Lourd d'une tristesse royale
Mon front songe aux soleils enfuis.
Oh! cache-moi dans ton sein pâle!
Ce sera le calme des nuits.

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Text Authorship:

by Auguste, Comte de Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1838 - 1889), "L'aveu (À une enfant taciturne)", written 1866, appears in Contes cruels, in Conte d'Amour, no. 2 [author's text not yet checked 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 Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897), "L'aveu", op. 26 no. 1 (1896), published 1896 [ high voice and piano ], from Conte d’Amour, no. 1, Édition Baudoux [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "L'aveu", op. 13 (Quatre mélodies) no. 3 (1885) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Bernard-Louis Crocé-Spinelli (1871 - 1932), "L'Aveu", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éditions 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
by Georges Flé , "L'aveu", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poésies mises en musique, no. 7, Édition du Mercure de France [sung text not yet checked]
by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "L'aveu", 2004/6, published 2008 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 1, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "L'aveu", 1962 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies choisies, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 64