O Jeune Adolescent!

Andre Marie de Chenier 1762 (Constantinople) – 1794 (Paris)



O jeune adolescent! tu rougis devant moi.
Vois mes traits sans couleurs; ils pâlissent pour toi:
C'est ton front virginal, ta grâce, ta décence;
Viens. Il est d'autres jeux que les jeux de l'enfance.
O jeune adolescent, viens savoir que mon coeur
N'a pu de ton visage oublier la douceur.
Bel enfant, sur ton front la volupté réside.
Ton regard est celui d'une vierge timide.
Ton sein blanc, que ta robe ose cacher au jour,
Semble encore ignorer qu'on soupire d'amour.
Viens le savoir de moi. Viens, je veux te l'apprendre;
Viens remettre en mes mains ton âme vierge et tendre,
Afin que mes leçons, moins timides que toi,
Te fassent soupirer et languir comme moi;
Et qu'enfin rassuré, cette joue enfantine
Doive à mes seuls baisers cette rougeur divine.
Oh! je voudrais qu'ici tu vinsses un matin
Reposer mollement ta tête sur mon sein!
Je te verrais dormir, retenant mon haleine,
De peur de t'éveiller, ne respirant qu'à peine.
Mon écharpe de lin, que je ferais flotter,
Loin de ton beau visage aurait soin d'écarter
Les insectes volants dont les ailes bruyantes
Aiment à se poser sur les lèvres dormantes.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Andre Marie de Chenier

André Marie Chénier was a French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin, associated with the events of the French Revolution of which he was a victim. His sensual, emotive poetry marks him as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement. His career was brought to an abrupt end when he was guillotined for supposed "crimes against the state", just three days before the end of the Reign of Terror. Chénier's life has been the subject of Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier and other works of art. more…

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