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Odelette Lyrics by Albert Roussel

Quatre poèmes, Op. 8

1908

J'aurais pu dire mon Amour
Tout haut
Dans le grand jour
Ardent et chaud
Du bel été roux qui l'exalte et l'enivre
Et le dresse debout avec un rire
À tout écho!

J'aurais pu dire:
Mon amour est heureux, voyez
Son manteau de pourpre qui traîne
Jusqu'à ses pieds!
Ses mains sont pleines
De roses qu'il effeuille et qui parfume l'air;
Le ciel est clair
Sur sa maison de marbre tièdе
Et blanc et veiné comme unе chair
Douce aux lèvres . .

Mais non
Je l'ai vêtu de bure et de laine;
Son manteau traîne
Sur ses talons;
Il passe en souriant à peine
Et quand il chante c'est si bas
Que l'on ne se retourne pas
Pour cueillir sa chanson éclose
Dans le soir qu'elle a parfumé;
Il n'a ni jardin ni maison
Et il fait semblant d'être pauvre
Pour mieux cacher qu'il est aimé

About “Odelette” by Albert Roussel

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"Odelette" appears on "Quatre poèmes, Op. 8" in 1908.

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