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S'il arrive jamais Que nous soyons, sans le savoir, Souffrance ou peine ou désespoir, L'un pour l'autre ; s'il se faisait Que la fatigue ou le banal plaisir Détendissent en nous l'arc d'or du haut désir ; Si le cristal de la pure pensée Doit en nos cœurs tomber et se briser, Si malgré tout, je me sentais Vaincu pour n'avoir pas été Assez en proie à la divine immensité De la bonté ; Alors, oh ! serrons-nous comme deux fous sublimes Qui sous les cieux cassés, se cramponnent aux cimes Quand même -- et d'un unique essor, L'âme en soleil, s'exaltent dans la mort.
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Text Authorship:
- by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), no title, written 1896, appears in Les heures claires, no. 30, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman, first published 1896 [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 Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979) and by Stéphane Raoul Pugno (1852 - 1914), "S'il arrive jamais", 1909, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Les heures claires, no. 8, Paris, Éd. "Au Ménestrel" Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alice-Marie-Marguerite Sauvrezis (1866 - 1946), "S'il arrive jamais", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Heures claires, no. 5, Paris : M. Sénart, B. Roudanez et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Si mai s’esdevé", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 100
Si mai s’esdevé que siguem, sense saber-ho, sofriment o pena o desesperança, l’un per a l’altre; si arribés que la fatiga o el plaer banal afluixessin en nosaltres l’arc d’or de l’elevat desig; si el cristall del pur pensament hagués de caure als nostres cors i trencar-se, si malgrat tot, jo em sentís vençut per no haver estat prou presa de la divina immensitat de la bondat; aleshores, oh! Abracem-nos com dos folls sublims que sota el cel esberlat, s’aferren als cims tanmateix – i que d’una sola efusió, l’ànima al sol, s’exalten en la mort.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Émile Verhaeren (1855 - 1916), no title, written 1896, appears in Les heures claires, no. 30, Bruxelles, Éd. Edmond Deman, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2022-01-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 96