Debussy, Romance ( Lâme évaporée et souffrante), L. 79 (1891)

Cette bouleversante mélodie s inspire d un poème de Paul Bourget (18521935), extrait des Aveux (1882). The vanishing and suffering soul, The sweet soul, the fragrant soul Of divine lilies that I have picked In the garden of your thoughts, Where, then, have the winds chased it, This charming soul of the lilies Is there no longer a perfume that remains Of the celestial sweetness Of the days when you enveloped me In a supernatural haze, Made of hope, of faithful love, Of bliss and of peace