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Comme de longs cheveux peignés au vent du soir, L'odeur des nuits d'été parfume le lac noir ; Le grand lac parfumé brille comme un miroir. Le barque glisse dans le rêve, La rame tombe et se relève ; Ma barque glisse dans le ciel Dans le ciel immatériel ! Là-bas la lune écoute, accoudée au côteau, Le silence qu'exhale en glissant le bateau. Trois grands lys frais coupés meurent sur mon manteau... Vers tes lèvres, ô nuit voluptueuse et pâle, Est-ce leur âme, est-ce mon âme qui s'exhale ? Cheveux des nuits d'argent peignés aux longs roseaux... Comme la lune sur les eaux, Comme la rame sur les flots Mon âme s'effeuille en sanglots.
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- a text in French (Français) by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Accompagnement", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Accompagnement", op. 28 (Quatre mélodies) no. 3 (1902-1908), published 1910?, first performed 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Philippo [sung text checked 1 time]
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- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "Acompañamiento", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 111
Como largos cabellos peinados al viento de la noche, El perfume de las noches de estío perfuma el lago negro, El gran lago perfumado brilla como un espejo. La barca se desliza en el sueño, La rama cae y se levanta, Mi barca se desliza por el cielo Por el cielo inmaterial. Allá lejos la luna escucha, acodada en la colina, El silencio que exhala la barca al deslizarse. Tres grandes lirios cortados mueren sobre mi abrigo ... Hacia tus labios, ¡oh noche voluptuosa y pálida!, ¿Es su alma o es mi alma quien se exhala? Cabellos de noches de plata peinados por largos carrizos Como la luna sobre las aguas, Como las ramas sobre las ondas Mi alma se deshoja en sollozos.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2007 by Alberto Bonati, (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 Not Applicable [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Accompagnement", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 122