Attente (Maeterlinck, set by L. Boulanger) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Mon âme a joint ses mains étranges
À l'horizon de mes regards;
Exaucez mes rêves épars
Entre les lèvres de vos anges!
En attendant sous mes yeux las,
Et sa bouche ouverte aux prières
Eteintes entre mes paupières
Et dont les lys n'éclosent pas;
Elle apaise au fond de mes songes,
Ses seins effeuillés sous mes cils
Et ses yeux clignent aux périls
Eveillés au fil des mensonges.

Authorship

Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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