Venez jusqu'à ces sables d'or et prenez vous les mains alors après le baiser et la révérence et les hautes vagues feront silence légèrement ci et là danserez puis doux esprits chanterez Chut! chut! le chien de garde aboie Chut! chut! j'entends de chantecler le cri strident.
Premier chant d'Ariel
Set by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Premier chant d'Ariel", H. 48B no. 1 (1923), published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 2 Chants d'Ariel, no. 1  [sung text checked 1 time]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Authorship:
- by Guy de Pourtalès (1881 - 1941)
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, scene 2
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Au fond des eaux ton père repose ses os seront du corail rose ses yeux des perles devenus de lui rien ne sera perdu car l'eau marine bientôt le change en une chose riche, étrange Sonnez songlas nymphes marines Chut! chut! écoutez-les!
Authorship:
- by Guy de Pourtalès (1881 - 1941)
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, Scene 2
Go to the single-text view
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission