Le bûcher

Dans les sentiers perdus moissonant les bois morts,
Le Temps a traversé la forêt de mon âme,
Entassant et foulant souvenirs et remords,
En un sombre bûcher d'où jaillira la flamme.

Ô mes folles amours ! Démons ! Cœurs inhumains !
Accourez et dansez ! C'est mon âme qui brûle !
-- Je m'en retourne aux cieux comme le grand Hercule.
Sur les ailes du feu qu'ont allumé vos mains !

Translation(s): ENG

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Authorship

• by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Le bûcher", appears in La vie, in 2. La vie des choses : Tableaux et paysages [ author's text verified 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Alexis de Castillon (1838 - 1873), "Le bûcher", op. 8 no. 1 (1868), published 1869 [medium voice and piano or orchestra], from Six poésies d'Armand Silvestre, no. 1, Éd. Heugel [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The pyre", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The pyre

Along the lost paths harvesting dead wood,
Time has traversed the forest of my soul,
Piling up and crushing memories and remorseful thoughts,
Into a sombre pyre from whence will gush flames.

Oh, my foolish loves! Demons! Inhuman hearts!
Rush forward and dance! It's my soul that's burning!
-- I'm returning to the heavens like the great Hercules
On wings of fire which have been lit by your hands!

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• a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Le bûcher", appears in La vie, in 2. La vie des choses : Tableaux et paysages
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Alexis de Castillon. Go to the text.

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