Come to these golden sands

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by Guy de Pourtalès (1881 - 1941)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Venez jusqu'à ces sables d'or

Language: French (Français) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Venez jusqu'à ces sables d'or
et prenez vous les mains alors
après le baiser et la révérence
et les hautes vagues feront silence
légèrement ci et là danserez
puis doux esprits chanterez

Chut! chut! 
le chien de garde aboie
Chut! chut! 
j'entends de chantecler 
le cri strident.

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Text Authorship:

by Guy de Pourtalès (1881 - 1941) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, scene 2
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Premier chant d'Ariel", H. 48B no. 1 (1923), published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from 2 Chants d'Ariel, no. 1

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 11
Word count: 47

Come to these golden sands

Language: English after the French (Français)

Come to these golden sands 
and take each others' hands, 
after the kiss and the bow, 
and the high swells will be silent. 
Lightly here and there you will dance, 
then gentle spirits, you will sing. 

Shh! Shh! 
the guard dog is barking. 
Shh! Shh! 
I hear Chanticleer's 
strident cry.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Guy de Pourtalès (1881 - 1941)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tempest, Act I, scene 2
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2004-10-04
Line count: 11
Word count: 50