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by Édouard Plouvier (1821 - 1876)

Sous les palmiers
Language: French (Français) 
Sous les palmiers, qui penchent
quand nous rêvont le soir,
quand nos deux cœurs s'épenchent,
sur vient l'esclave noir ;

il nous suit d'un œil sombre
dans le jardin fermé,
si nous marchons dans l'ombre
du feuillage embaumé.

Sous les palmiers qui penchent
malgré l'esclave noir,
où nos deux cœurs s'épanchent,
venons encor le soir.

Lorsque la lune pâle
sur son beau char d'opâle
traverse le ciel bleu,
je lui dis messagère
va porter à ma mère
mon cœur et mon adieu !
  Cette terre ennemie
  pour nous est un tombeau !
  Le ciel de la patrie
  n'est il pas le plus beau ?

Quand la verleille aurore
de ses rayons colore
le haut des minarets,
quand le derviche appelle
le musulman fidèle,
s'éveillent mes regrets.
  Cette terre ennemie etc.

Sous les palmiers 
venons encor le soir.

Note for stanza 4, line 10: in the repetition, the first three words become "c'est toujours"


Text Authorship:

  • by Édouard Plouvier (1821 - 1876) [author's text not yet checked 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 Giuseppe Concone (1801 - 1861), "Sous les palmiers", also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Daniel Anton (1801 - 1853) ; composed by Giuseppe Concone.
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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2025-02-02
Line count: 31
Word count: 133

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