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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Louis Renou (1896 - 1966)

La Liane
Language: French (Français)  after the Hindi (हिन्दी) 
Comme la liane tient l'arbre 
embrassé de part en part, 
ainsi m'embrasse, 
sois mon amante
et ne t'écarte pas de moi !

Comme l'aigle pour s'élancer
frappe au sol de ses deux ailes, 
ainsi je frappe à ton âme :
sois mon amante
et ne t'écarte pas de moi !

Comme le soleil
un même jour entoure le ciel et la terre, 
ainsi j'entoure ton âme :
stie lecat pas de moi !

Comme le soleil
un même jour entoure le ciel et la terre, 
ainsi j'entoure ton âme:
soit mon amante
et ne t'écarte pas de moi!

Comme l'aigle 
pour s'élancer
frappe au sol de ses deux ailes, 
ainsi je frappe à ton âme:
sois mon amante
et ne t'écarte pas de moi !

Comme la liane tient l'arbre 
embrassé de part en part, 
ainsi m'embrasse, 
sois mon amante
et ne t'écarte pas de moi !

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Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Renou (1896 - 1966) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Hindi (हिन्दी) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Kaija Saariaho (1952 - 2023), "La Liane", 1996 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Château de l'âme, no. 1, Chester Music Ltd
        Publisher: Wise Music Classical [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Kaija Saariaho (1952 - 2023), "La Liane", 1996 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Château de l'âme, no. 3, Chester Music Ltd
        Publisher: Wise Music Classical [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-07
Line count: 30
Word count: 140

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