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Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil, Mon arôme d'abeilles blondes, Flottes-tu sur le monde, Mon doux parfum de miel? La nuit, lorsque mes pas Dans le silence rôdent, M'annonces-tu, senteur de mes lilas, Et de mes roses chaudes? Suis-je comme une grappe de fruits Cachés dans les feuilles, Et que rien ne décèle, Mais qu'on odore dans la nuit? Sait-il à cette heure, Que j'entr'ouvre ma chevelure, Et qu'elle respire? Le sent-il sur la terre? Sent-il que j'étends les bras Et que des lys de mes vallées, Ma voix qu'il n'entend pas Est embaumée?
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Text Authorship:
- by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1904, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 2. La Tentation, no. 10, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904 [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), "Veilles-tu, ma senteur de soleil", op. 95 no. 7 (1906), published 1906 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from La Chanson d'Ève, no. 7, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Vetlles tu, la meva flaire de sol", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "Wek je, geur van mijn huid", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Are you awake?", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Bist du schon wach, mein Sonnenduft", copyright © 2015, (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.
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Word count: 93
Vetlles tu, la meva flaire de sol, el meu aroma d’abelles rosses, sures tu, damunt el món, el meu dolç perfum de mel? La nit, quan els meus passos vagaregen en el silenci, m’anuncies tu, flaire dels meus lilàs, i de les meves càlides roses? Sóc jo com un penjoll de fruits ocults al fullam i que res revela, però que s’odora a la nit? Sap ell que en aquest moment desfaig la meva cabellera, i que ella respira? L’olora ell a la terra? Percep ell que estenc els braços i que dels lliris de les meves valls, la meva veu que ell no sent pas, n’està perfumada?
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- 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), no title, written 1904, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 2. La Tentation, no. 10, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-02
Line count: 20
Word count: 108