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CHARLES CROS: CHANT ÉTHOPIEN

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Charles Cros
(1842 – 1888)

Chant éthiopien
Chanson a Emile Wroblewski

Apportez-moi des fleurs odorantes,
Pour me parer, compagnes errantes,
Pour te charmer, ô mon bien-aimé.
Déjà le vent s’élève embaumé.

Le vent du soir fait flotter vos pagnes.
Dans vos cheveux, pourquoi, mes compagnes,
Entrelacer ces perles de lait?
Mon cou — dit-il — sans perles lui plaît.

Mon cou qu’il prend entre ses bras souples
Frémit d’amour.
Nous voyons par couples,
Tout près de nous, entre les roseaux,
Dans le muguet, jouer les oiseaux.

Le blanc muguet fait des perles blanches.
Mon bien-aimé rattache à mes hanches
Mon pagne orné de muguet en fleur;
Mes dents — dit-il — en ont la pâleur.

Mes blanches dents et mon sein qui cède
Mes longs cheveux, lui seul les possède.
Depuis le soir où son œil m’a lui,
11 est à moi; moi je suis à lui.

Charles Cros poetry
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