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Translations available for the entire opus: CAT DUT ENG GER

Lydia

Language: French (Français) 
Lydia sur tes roses joues
Et sur ton col frais et [plus blanc,
Que le lait, coule étincelant]1 
L'or fluide que tu dénoues ;

Le jour qui luit est le meilleur,
Oublions l'éternelle tombe.
Laisse tes baisers de colombe
Chanter sur [tes lèvres]2 en fleur.

Un lys caché répand sans cesse
Une odeur divine en ton sein ;
Les délices comme un essaim
Sortent de toi, jeune déesse.

Je t'aime et meurs, ô mes amours.
Mon âme en baisers m'est ravie !
Ô Lydia, rends-moi la vie,
Que je puisse mourir toujours !

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Lydia", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Études latines, no. 17, first published 1852 [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):

Set by Swan Hennessy (1866 - 1929), op. 23 (1906), published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Paris : Éd. J. Hamelle
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1 Fauré: "si blanc/ Roule étincelant"
2 Fauré: "ta lèvre"

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