by François Joseph Pierre André Méry (1798 - 1865)
Fleurs qu'adore
Language: French (Français)
Fleurs qu'adore La beauté, Ciel que dore La gaîté, Hors la ville, Frais asile, Mer tranquille, C'est l'été ! Lune pleine, Mer qui luit, Tiède haleine Qui la suit. Sous la treille, Douce veille, Sans pareille : C'est la nuit ! Feu qui dore Tout séjour Et dévore Chaque jour, Deuil et fête, Dans la tête Du poète : C'est l'amour !
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Joseph Méry, Mélodies poétiques, Paris, Victor Lecou, 1853, pages 60-61.
1 Meyerbeer:Loin des villes Frais asiles, Flots tranquilles
Authorship:
- by François Joseph Pierre André Méry (1798 - 1865), "Trinité du poète", appears in Mélodies 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):
- by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Sicilienne", c1845 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sicilienne", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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