Théone

Sauvons-nous du souci d'un jour!
Théone, cédons à l'amour,
Cédons à Vénus Cyprienne
Que le myrte à la verveine tors
(D'autres diront la vie est ses torts!)
Peinture tes chevuex que l'écaille hausse.
Je dirai la vipère au bandeau 
Des femmes de la Thrace, et l'eau 
Sacrée de la fontaine Tilfosse.
Fais ton corps docile au coussin,
Ceinturée de perles indiques.
Je dirai, comme au doux essaim
Des Favones rouvrent leur sein,
Les gracieuses heures véridiques.

Translation(s): ENG

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Authorship

• by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas [ 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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Théone" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Peter Low) , title 1: "Theona", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Theona

Let us escape from this day's worries!
Theona, let us yield to love,
let us yield to Venus the Cyprian.
May myrtle twisted with verbena
(others will speak of life and its wrongs)
adorn your hair lifted by the tortoiseshell comb.
I will speak of the vipers on the headbands
of the women of Thrace, and the sacred
waters of the springs of Tilfossa.
Fit your body to the cushions' curves,
wear Indian pearls round your waist.
And as the Favonae open again
to the gentle bees, I will speak
of the hours that are gracious and authentic.

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• a text in French (Français) by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Reynaldo Hahn. Go to the text.

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