The lotus | At the bank of the lake, I placed my soul

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by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Au bord du lac, j’ai mis mon âme

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Au bord du lac, j’ai mis mon âme
Dans une fleur de nélumbo ;
Dans ce nid frais comme un tombeau,
De mes désirs j’endors la flamme,
Et le zéphyr berce mon âme,
Comme il berce le nélumbo.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Les nuits persanes par Armand Renaud, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1870, page 60.

Text Authorship:

by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Le Nid", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 3. Les Rythmes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870 [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 Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Le nélumbo", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Sous le ciel de l'Islam, no. 7, Paris: Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The lotus", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2019-09-18
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Word count: 37

The lotus

Language: English after the French (Français)

At the bank of the lake, I placed my soul
Inside of a lotus flower;
In this nest, cool like a tomb,
I put the flame of my desires to sleep,
And the breeze rocks my soul
Like it rocks the lotus.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Armand Renaud (1836 - 1895), "Le Nid", written 1870, appears in Les nuits persanes, in 3. Les Rythmes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1870
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This text was added to the website: 2019-09-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 42