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The dark rose of thy mouth Draw nigher, draw nigher! Thy breath is the wind of the south, A wind of fire, The wind and the rose and darkness, O Rose of my Desire! Deep silence of the night, Husht like a breathless lyre, Save the sea's thunderous might, Dim, menacing, dire, Silence and wind and sea, they are thee, O Rose of my Desire! As a wind-eddying flame Leaping higher and higher, Thy soul, thy secret name, Leaps thro' Death's blazing pyre, Kiss me, Imperishable Fire, dark Rose, O Rose of my Desire!
Text Authorship:
- by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "The Rose of the Night", appears in The Hour of Beauty, first published 1907 [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 Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "The Rose of the Night", op. 11 no. 3, A. 59 (1918), published 1918, orchestrated 1918 [ high voice and piano ], from Three Poems of Fiona Macleod, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La Rose de la Nuit", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 94
La rose sombre de ta bouche Vient plus près, vient plus près ! Ton souffle est le vent du sud, Un vent de feu, Le vent et la rose et l'obscurité, Ô Rose de mon Désir ! Le profond silence de la nuit, Étouffée comme une lyre oppressée, Excepté le pouvoir étourdissant de la mer, Faible, menaçant, sinistre, Silence et vent et mer, ils sont toi, Ô Rose de mon Désir ! Comme une flamme tournoyant dans le vent Sautant de plus en plus haut, Ton âme, ton nom secret, Saute à travers le bûcher ardent de la mort, Embrasse-moi, Feu Impérissable, Rose sombre, Ô Rose de mon Désir !
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Based on:
- a text in English by William Sharp (1855 - 1905), as Fiona Macleod, "The Rose of the Night", appears in The Hour of Beauty, first published 1907
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 106