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Avril, et c'est le point du jour. Tes blondes sœurs qui te ressemblent, En ce moment, toutes ensembles S'avancent vers toi, cher Amour. Tu te tiens dans un clos ombreux De myrte et d'aubépine blanche ; La porte s'ouvre entre les branches ; Le chemin est mystérieux. Elles, lentes, en longues robes, Une à une, main dans la main, Franchissent le seuil indistinct Où de la nuit devient de l'aube. Celle qui s'approche d'abord, Regarde l'ombre, te découvre, Crie, et la fleur de ses yeux s'ouvre Splendide dans un rire d'or. Et, jusqu'à la dernière sœur Toutes tremblent, tes lèvres touchent Leurs lèvres, l'éclair de ta bouche Éclate jusque dans leur cœur.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "La messagère", appears in Entrevisions, in 1. Jeux et songes, no. 4, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898 [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 messagère", op. 106 no. 3 (1914), published 1915 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le jardin clos, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Durand & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La missatgera", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "De boodschapper", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The messenger", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Vorboten", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Didier Pelat
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Abril, i el dia apunta. Tres germanes rosses que a tu s’assemblen, en aquest moment, totes juntes avancen cap a tu, estimat Amor. Tu restes en un clos ombriu de murtra i d’arç blanc; la porta s’obre entre les branques; el camí és misteriós. Elles, lentes, en vestits llargs, una a una, agafades de la mà, travessen el llindar indistint on de la nit s’esdevé l’alba. La que primer s’apropa esguarda l’ombra, et descobreix, crida, i la flor dels seus ulls s’obre esplèndida en una rialla d’or. I, fins la darrera germana totes tremolen, els teus llavis freguen llurs llavis, l’esclat de la teva boca resplendeix fins a dins de llur cor.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 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 Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "La messagère", appears in Entrevisions, in 1. Jeux et songes, no. 4, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 112