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Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Canonical path: /rufus-wainwright/l-absence
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L'absence
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L'absence
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Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimée,
Comme une fleur loin du soleil;
La fleur de ma vie est fermée,
Loin de ton sourire vermeil.
Entre nos coeurs quelle distance;
Tant d'espace entre nos baisers.
O sort amer! ô dure absence!
O grands désirs inapaisés!
Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimée,
Comme une fleur loin du soleil;
La fleur de ma vie est fermée,
Loin de ton sourire vermeil.
D'ici là-bas que de campagnes,
Que de villes et de hameaux,
Que de vallons et de montagnes,
A lasser le pied des chevaux!
Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimée,
Comme une fleur loin du soleil;
La fleur de ma vie est fermée,
Loin de ton sourire vermeil
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