by François de Malherbe (1555 - 1628)
Épitaphe
Language: French (Français)
Belle âme qui fus mon flambeau, Reçois l'honneur qu'en ce tombeau Le devoir m'oblige à te rendre; Ce que je fais te sert de peu Mais au moins tu vois en la cendre Que j'en aime encore le feu.
Authorship:
- by François de Malherbe (1555 - 1628) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Épitaphe", FP 55 (1930), published 1930 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sander Kobussen) , "Grafschrift op een tekst van Malherbe", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura (Pranada) Sylvis) , "Epitaph on a text by Malherbe", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Ingrid Schmithüsen) , "Grabinschrift", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 39