Oeillets blancs, lilas blancs et...

Oeillets blancs, lilas blancs et violettes blanches:
Et le char Sépulcral s'en va vers les caveaux,
Sinistre et chaste, au pas rythmique des chevaux
Qui bercent les grands draps déployés sur leurs hanches..

O vierges, d'autres mai fleuriront les pervenches
Les baisers écloront dans les avril nouveaux
Et la brise des juin grisera les cerveaux!
Mais vos corps sans désirs dormiront sous les planches,

Toujours! Et c'est fini sans être commencé...
Votre avenir d'hier a mille ans de passé:
Vos coeurs immaculés sont morts avant de naître!
Oeillets blancs, lilas blancs et violettes blanches.

Translation(s): GER

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• by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "Vierges mortes", written 1885, appears in L'âme nue, in 1. La vie extérieure, in 2. Les cultes, no. 28, Paris, Éd. Fasquelle, first published 1885 [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Pierre Maurice (1868 - 1936), "Vierges mortes (L'âme nue)", op. 14 (1902), published 1915 [high voice and piano or orchestra], Genève, Éd. Ad. Henn [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Gebrochene Blüten", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2005-01-10.
Last modified: 2017-03-04 18:37:53
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Gebrochene Blüten

Weiße Nelken, Veilchen weiß und weißer Flieder:
sieh, der Leichenwagen nähert sich dem Grab,
unheilvoll und keusch, im Rhythmus auf und nieder
schwingen schwarze Tücher am Gespann herab.

Ach Mägdlein, neue Maien werden immergrünen,
und Küsse werden euch erblühn im neuen Lenz,
durch Junis Odem wird euch Kopf und Herz erglühen!
Doch ohn' Begier schlaft ihr in neuer Existenz.

Allzeit! Und ausgeklungen, ohne je begonnen ...
ist eure Zukunft tausend Jahre schon zerronnen:
eh' es gepocht, das reine Herz, im Tod schon wieder!
Ach, weiße Nelken, Veilchen weiß und weißer Flieder.

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• a text in French (Français) by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "Vierges mortes", written 1885, appears in L'âme nue, in 1. La vie extérieure, in 2. Les cultes, no. 28, Paris, Éd. Fasquelle, first published 1885
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Pierre Maurice. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2006-02-21.
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