Baisse tes grands yeux Sérieux, Baisse tes grands yeux. Voile ta figure Blanche et pure, Voile ta figure. Surtout parle bas Sur mes pas, Surtout parle bas. Car la beauté tue Qui l'a vue, Elle enivre et tue !
Confirmed with Œuvres Complètes de Auguste Brizeux, Tome Second, Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1860, page 157.
Authorship:
- by (Julien) Auguste Plage Brizeux (1803?6 - 1858), "À Diana", appears in Histoires poétiques [author's text checked 1 time 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):
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , "An Diana" and by Heinrich Leuthold (1827 - 1879) , "An Diana" ; composed by Ludwig Keller.
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Schließe die Augen zu voll Himmelsruh', schließe die Augen zu! Decke dein Angesicht so rein und licht, decke dein Angesicht! Dämpfe der Stimme Laut so süß und traut, dämpfe der Stimme Laut! Wem die Schönheit erschien, der welkt dahin; sie berauscht und tötet ihn.
Confirmed with Fünf Bücher französischer Lyrik vom Zeitalter der Revolution bis auf unsere Tage, Stuttgart, 1862. Note: this edition erroneously attributes the author of the original poem to "Antoine Baptiste Brizeux".
Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "An Diana" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Heinrich Leuthold (1827 - 1879), "An Diana" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by (Julien) Auguste Plage Brizeux (1803?6 - 1858), "À Diana", appears in Histoires poétiques
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "An Diana", note: the score erroneously attributes the original French poem to Turquety [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-05-01
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