Bella font, bella font

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by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Belle source, belle source

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG ENG GER GER

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

Bella font, bella font

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

Bella font, bella font,
vull recordar per sempre,
que un dia, guiat per l'amistat,
embadalit, vaig contemplar el teu rostre, oh deessa,
amagat sota el llim, mig submergit en l’escuma.

Per què no va restar, aquest amic per qui ploro,
oh nimfa, devot del teu culte,
per unir-se un cop més amb l'hàlit que t’acarona,
i respondre a les teves aigües ocultes?

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Translations of titles:
"Air champêtre" = "Melodia campestre"
"Belle source, je veux me rappeler sans cesse" = "Bella font, vull recordar per sempre"

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 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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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
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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-22
Line count: 9
Word count: 62