Summer | It shines, the wild summer

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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

L'été

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Il brille, le sauvage Été, 
La poitrine pleine de roses. 
Il brûle tout, hommes et choses, 
Dans sa placide cruauté. 

Il met le désir effronté 
Sur les jeunes lèvres déscloses; 
Il brille, le sauvage Été, 
La poitrine pleine de roses. 

Roi superbe, il plane irrité 
Dans des splendeurs d'apothéoses 
Sur les horizons grandioses; 
Fauve dans la blanche clarté, 
Il brille, le sauvage Été.

Text Authorship:

by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "L'été", appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 4, first published 1875 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "L'été", op. 1 (5 rondels [in fact, 6]) no. 5 (1890-1895), published [1896] [ voice and piano ], Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Summer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 63

Summer

Language: English after the French (Français)

It shines, the wild summer, 
Its breast full of roses. 
It burns everything, people and things, 
Through its placid cruelty. 

It places shameless desire
Onto young, parted lips; 
It shines, the wild summer,
Its breast full of roses.

Haughty king, it glides full of anger
in the splendor of apotheoses 
Over the grand horizons; 
Fawn¹ in the white light, 
It shines, the wild summer.

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¹ "Fauve" can refer to any wild, untamed, animal: most often a fawn or cat. The word also describes a colorful Cubist movement in modern painting.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "L'été", appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 4, first published 1875
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-17
Line count: 13
Word count: 65