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Poem by Charles Cros Collection The Sandalwood CasketPeriod 19th century

Does what I am to you make you doubt?
My life is yours, if you want it, all of it.
And far from being master of your wishes,
It is you who lead my dream where you will

With the beauty of the sky, in you vibrates
A fatal rhythm; for my free soul
Passes from joy to bitter cares
According as the arc of your eyebrows wills.

Whether I have your heart or you take it from me,
I shall bless you in lofty rhymes,
I shall remember that one day I pleased you
And that I have nothing more to wish for.

Charles Cros

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