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Je dirai la rose aux plis gracieux. La rose est le souffle embaumé des Dieux, Le plus cher souci des Muses divines ! Je dirai ta gloire, ô charme des yeux, Ô fleur de Kypris, reine des collines ! Tu t'épanouis entre les beaux doigts De l'Aube écartant les ombres moroses ; L'air bleu devient rose, et roses les bois ; La bouche et le sein des vierges sont roses ! Heureuse la vierge aux bras arrondis Qui dans les halliers humides te cueille ! Heureux le front jeune où tu resplendis ! Heureuse la coupe où nage ta feuille ! Ruisselante encor du flot paternel, Quand de la mer bleue Aphrodite éclose Étincela nue aux clartés du ciel, La Terre jalouse enfanta la rose ; Et l'Olympe entier, d'amour transporté, Salua la fleur avec la Beauté !
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "La Rose", written 1855?, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Odes anacréontiques, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Dentu, first published 1855 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "La Rose", subtitle: "Ode anacréontique", op. 51 no. 4 (1890), published 1890, orchestrated 1924 by Henri-Paul Büsser [ voice and piano ], Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La rosa", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The Rose", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "La rosa", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 128
Hablaré de la Rosa, de pétalos graciosos. La Rosa es el soplo perfumado de los Dioses, El más querido afán de las Musas divinas. Hablaré de tu gloria, oh, encanto de los ojos. ¡Oh, flor de Cipris, reina de las colinas! Te abres entre las bellas manos del Alba Cuando da paso a la luz apartando las sombras. El aire azul se torna rosa y rosa son los bosques; Como también son rosas los labios y el seno de las doncellas. ¡Feliz aquella que en la espesura Te acoja entre sus mórbidos brazos! ¡Feliz la joven frente donde tú resplandeces! ¡Feliz la copa donde tu hoja flota! Cuando del mar nació Afrodita desnuda, Todavía bañada por el agua materna, Resplandeciente toda a la luz de los cielos, La tierra, por celos, engendró la rosa, Y extasiado de amor, el Olimpo entero Saludó a la flor y a la vez la hermosura.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2004 by Alfredo García, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "La Rose", written 1855?, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Odes anacréontiques, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Dentu, first published 1855
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-10
Line count: 19
Word count: 151