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Belle source, belle source, Je veux me rappeler sans cesse, Qu'un jour, guidé par l'amitié Ravi, j'ai contemplé ton visage, ô dèesse, Perdu sous la mou, sous la mousse à moitié. Que n'est-il demeuré, cet ami que je pleure, O nymphe, à ton culte attaché, Pour se mêler encore au souffle qui t'effleure, Et répondre à ton flot caché?
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Text Authorship:
- by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, "Belle source, je veux me rappeler sans cesse", appears in Les Stances, in 6. Stances, sixième livre, Paris, Éd. de la Plume, first published 1901 [author's text not yet checked 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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Air champêtre", FP 46 no. 2 (1927-1928), published 1928-1930 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Airs chantés, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Pastoral air", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Country song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ländliche Weise", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Ländliches Lied", copyright © 2008, (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: 9
Word count: 59
Schöner Quell, schöner Quell, beständig will ich mich erinnern, dass ich eines Tags, von Zuneigung geleitet, hingerissen, dein Antlitz betrachtet habe, o Göttin, halb verborgen unter dem Moose. Dass er nicht verweilte, der Freund, den ich beweine, o Nymphe, deinem Kulte zugetan, um sich zumindest mit der Brise zu vereinen, die dich berührt und deinen verborgenen Wassern zu antworten?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2008 by Bertram Kottmann, (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 Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, "Belle source, je veux me rappeler sans cesse", appears in Les Stances, in 6. Stances, sixième livre, Paris, Éd. de la Plume, first published 1901
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 59