Il m'est cher, Amour

Il m'est cher, Amour (FR) It Is Dear to Me, Beloved. Fauré's setting (1914, Le Jardin clos #7) of the first poem by van Lerberghe from the Le Jardin clos section of the volume Entrevisions (Indistinct Sightings, 1898). The poem is preceded by a Latin epigram: »Fulcite me floribus« taken from the Bible, »Song of Solomon,« chapter 6, verse 3: »He feedeth among my flowers.« Fauré changes »trop lourds« (too heavy) in line 7 to »plus lourds« (heavier). He also makes singular »étreintes sombres«…