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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Tes grands yeux doux semblent des îles
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG
Tes grands yeux doux semblent des îles 
Qui nagent dans un lac d'azur :
[Sous la paix]1 de tes yeux tranquilles,
Fais-moi tranquille et fais-moi pur.

Ton corps a l'adorable enfance 
Des clairs paradis de jadis :
Enveloppe-moi de silence,
[De ton corps blanc comme les lys]2.

[Je souffre, j'étouffe, je pleure :
Ô mon amour, fais de tes bras,
Pour que je m'y perde et j'y meure,
Un tombeau que tu m'ouvriras !]3

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Baton •   E. Chausson 

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Confirmed with L'Illusion, Troisième édition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, p. 14.

1 Chausson: "Aux fraîcheurs"
2 Chausson: "Du silence argenté des lys"
3 Chausson:
Alangui par les yeux tranquilles
Des étoiles caressant l'air,
J'ai tant rêvé la paix des îles,
Sous un soir frissonant et clair !
3 Rhené-Baton:
Je souffre, j'étouffe, je pleure;
Fais de ton corps, fais de tes bras
Afin que je m'y perde et meure
Un tombeau que tu m'ouvriras.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Sérénade mélancolique", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort [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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Sérénade mélancolique", op. 16 no. 4 (1911), published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Sérénade mélancolique", op. 8 no. 2, first performed 1890 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 2, Éd. Le Bailly, O. Bornemann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by René Chansarel (1864 - 1945), "Sérénade", 1902?, published [1902] [ medium voice and piano ], from 4 mélodies, no. 3, Éd. Enoch & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Sérénade", op. 13 (Quatre mélodies) no. 2 (1887) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Léon Delafosse (1874 - 1951), "Sérénade Mélancolique" [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Édition 'Au Ménestrel', Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alfred André Simon Kullmann (1875 - 1963), "Sérénade mélancolique", <<1917 [ high voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies - 1ère série, no. 5, Paris, Éd. L. Grus & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lucien Lambotte (1888 - 1969), "Sérénade mélancolique", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

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