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Le pêcheur vidant ses filets, Voit les poissons d'or de la Loire Glacés d'argent sur leur nageoire Et mieux vêtus que des varlets. Teints encor des ardents reflets Du soleil et du flot de moire, Le pêcheur vidant ses filets, Voit les poissons d'or de la Loire. Les beaux captifs, admirez-les! Ils [brillent]1 sur la terre noire, Glorifiant de sa victoire, Jaunes, pourpres et violets, Le pêcheur vidant ses filets.
Confirmed with Le Parnasse contemporain : Recueil de vers nouveaux, Alphonse Lemerre [Slatkine Reprints], 1876, III. 1876, page 22.
1 Hahn: "gisent"Text Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "La pêche", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 14, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "La pêche", published 1899 [ high voice and piano ], from Douze rondels, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La pêche", op. 8 no. 1, published [1897] [ medium voice and piano ], from Rondels 2ème série, no. 1, Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Fishing", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 71
The fisherman emptying his nets Sees the golden fish of the Loire, Glazes of silver on their fins And more finely dressed than [royal] servants. Still tinted with fiery reflections Of the sun and the flow of watered silk, The fisherman emptying his nets Sees the golden fish of the Loire. The beautiful captives, admire them! They lie upon the black earth, Exulting in his victory, Yellow, purple, and violet, The fisherman emptying his nets.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "La pêche", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 14, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1878
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-23
Line count: 13
Word count: 75