Ici‑bas tous les lilas meurent

Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent,
Tous les chants des oiseaux sont courts,
Je rêve aux étés qui demeurent
Toujours!

Ici-bas les lèvres effleurent 
Sans rien laisser de leur velours,
Je rêve aux baisers qui demeurent
Toujours!

Ici-bas, tous les hommes pleurent
Leurs amitiés ou leurs amours;
Je rêve aux couples qui demeurent 
Toujours!

by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839-1907)

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

by César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) , "Ici-bas!", op. 54 (Cinq mélodies) no. 5, note: also set in Russian
by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) , "Ici-bas!", op. 8 no. 3 (1874?), published 1877.
by Lucien Hillemacher (1860-1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852-1933) , "Soupir", from Vingt Mélodies
by Jenő Hubay (1858-1937) , "Ici-bas", published 1890, from Cinq mélodies, no. 3.
by Ernest Lavigne (1851-1909) , "Ici-bas!"
by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936) , "Soupir", P. 89 no. 6, published 1909, from Sei melodie, no. 6.
by Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) , "Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent"
by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "Ici-bas"

by César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) , "Zdes' siren' tak bystro uvjadajet", op. 54 (Cinq mélodies) no. 5, note: also set in French

ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne)
GER German (Martin Stock)

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