Les lucioles
Music: Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907) · Words: Ernest-Wilfrid Legouvé (1807–1903)
En Italie on voit dans l’ombre,
Des é– toiles de diamant Qui sous l'herbe
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The words
En Italie on voit dans l’ombre,
Des é– toiles de diamant Qui sous l'herbe
éclosent sans nombre, Et font du gazon
triste et sombre. Un firma– ment Un
firmament!
Feux follets, seriezvous de grâce,
De ces es– prits, frères des morts,
Qui la nuit errent dans l’espace,
En attendant que Dieu leur fasse,
Présent d'un corps Présent d'un corps?
Comme un œil volant qui scintille J’en vois
làbas un plus doré S'approcher de mon front
qui brille, Seraitce l'âme De la fille,
qu'un jour j'aurai? qu'un jour j'aurai?
Seraitce l'âme de la fille, Qu'un jour
j'aurai? Sylphe d’a- mour et de lumière,
Qui voltiges en m'éclair– rant Seraistu
l'âme de ma mère, Qui chaque soir vient sur
la terre, Voir son enfant Voir son enfant?
Si je meurs, je veux t'appa– raître,
O toi que je ne nomme pas, Luciole d'or,
à ta fenêtre, Et sous cete forme peut– être,
Tu m’aimeras! Tu m'aimeras!
Tu m'aimeras!
About this song
- Music
- Clémence de Grandval (1828–1907) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Ernest-Wilfrid Legouvé (1807–1903) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- French, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1866, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 2:27
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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