Erik Satie – Part 1 – Je Te Veux (2023) Peinture par Noël Van Hoof

"Je te veux" ("I Want You") is a song composed by Erik Satie to a text by Henry Pacory. It's a sentimental waltz with erotic lyrics. The image of Aristide Bruant and the image of the black cat are borrowed from Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's iconic lithography. The interior is that of the now world-famous cabaret “Le Chat Noir” on the southern edge of Montmartre where Erik Satie was a pianist for a while. I have depicted Satie together with the painter Suzanne Valadon with whom Satie had a liaison for five months. For their faces I looked closely at the portrait that Valadon painted of herself, and also the portret she painted of Satie.
“Je te veux” was written for Paulette Darty , whose accompanist Satie had been for a period of time. The text consists of two verses and a repeated chorus. Darty first performed the song in 1903 at La Scala , then a popular cabaret in Paris. The song was registered with SACEM on 20 November 1902, but Alexis Roland-Manuel argued it had actually been composed in 1897. Satie composed various versions of the "Je te veux" waltz: for piano and voice, for an orchestra of brass instruments, and for full orchestra (including a trio). The piano and voice version was first published in 1903. The composer later arranged the work for solo piano, adding a middle section between the second chorus and the second verse.
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Refrain:
J'ai compris ta détresse,
Cher amoureux,
Et je cède à tes vœux,
Fais de moi ta maîtresse.
Loin de nous la sagesse,
Plus de tristesse,
J'aspire à l'instant précieux
Où nous serons heureux;
Je te veux.
1. Je n'ai pas de regrets
Et je n'ai qu'une envie:
Près de toi là, tout près,
Vivre toute ma vie,
Que mon cœur soit le tien
Et ta lèvre soit mienne,
Que ton corps soit le mien,
Et que toute ma chair soit tienne.
Refrain

2. Oui je vois dans tes yeux
La divine promesse.
Que ton cœur amoureux
Vient chercher ma caresse.
Enlacés pour toujours,
Brûlés des mêmes flammes,
Dans des rêves d'amours
Nous échangerons nos deux âmes.

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