Mots d'amour

Quand je te dis des mots lassés,
C'est leur douleur qui fait leurs charmes!
Ils balbutient, et c'est assez,
Les mots ont des larmes.

Quand je te dis des mots fougueux,
Ils brûlent mon coeur et mes lèvres,
Ton être s'embrase avec eux,
Les mots ont des fièvres.

Mais quels qu'ils soient, les divins mots,
Les seuls mots écoutés des femmes,
Dans leurs soupirs ou leurs sanglots,
Les mots ont des âmes.

by Charles Fuster (1866-1929)

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

by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) , "Mots d'amour", published 1898.

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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