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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Le sommeil de Leïlah
Language: French (Français) 
Ni bruits d'aile, ni sons d'eau vive, ni murmures ;
La cendre du soleil nage sur l'herbe en fleur,
Et de son bec furtif le bengali siffleur
Boit, comme un sang doré, le jus des mangues mûres.

Dans le verger royal où rougissent les mûres,
Sous le ciel clair qui brûle et n'a plus de couleur,
Leïlah, languissante et rose de chaleur,
Clôt ses yeux aux longs cils à l'ombre des ramures.

Son front ceint de rubis presse son bras charmant ;
L'ambre de son pied nu colore doucement
Le treillis emperlé de l'étroite babouche.

Elle rit et sommeille et songe au bien-aimé,
Telle qu'un fruit de pourpre, ardent et parfumé, 
Qui rafraîchit le coeur en altérant la bouche.

First published in the revue Le Boulevard, May 25, 1862 under the title "La sieste"; later modified.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Le sommeil de Leïlah", written 1862, appears in Poèmes barbares [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 Gaston Carraud (1864 - 1920), "Le sommeil de Leïlah" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éditions H. Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Patrice Devanchy (1876 - 1942), "Le sommeil de Leïlah" [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éditions Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fernand Masson (d. 1942), "Le sommeil de Leïlah", 1911, published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Carl Selva [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894 - 1976), "Le Sommeil de Leïlah", published 1945 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes pour chant et piano, no. 4, Paris, Éd. A la Flûte de Pan [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-01-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 117

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