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Don Kichoto dainos

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Song Cycle by Jacques François Antoine Ibert (1890 - 1962)

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1. Chanson du départ de Don Quichotte
 (Sung text)
Language: French (Français) 
Ce château neuf, ce nouvel édifice
Tout enrichi de marbre et de porphyre
Qu'amour bâtit château de son empire
où tout le ciel a mis son artifice,
Est un rempart, un fort contre le vice,
Où la vertueuse maîtresse se retire,
Que l'oeil regarde et que l'esprit admire
Forçant les coeurs à lui faire service.

C'est un château, fait de telle sorte
Que nul ne peut approcher de la porte
Si des grands rois il n'a sauvé sa race
Victorieux, vaillant et amoureux.
Nul chevalier tant soit aventureux
Sans être tel ne peut gagner la place.

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
1. Don Kichoto išvykimo daina
Language: Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) 
Nauja pilis, nauji prabangūs rūmai,
Išpuošti marmuru ir vazomis granito,
Tai meilės mano karalystės būstas 
Kuriam dangus darnos nepagailėjo,
Tai prieglauda, tvirtovė prieš niekšybę,
Kurioj dama kilni, dora meilingai slepias,
Jos akys spindi, o jos protas žavi,
Ir verčia širdis jai tarnaut garbingai.

Pilis būdu tokiu jau pastatyta,
Kad nieks prie durų jos neprisiartins.
Ji nuo didžių karalių saugo žmones,
Mylėti mokančius kilnumą ir dorovę.
Joks riteris taip nuotykių ištroškęs,
Čia nepateks, jei jo širdis kitokia.

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2. Chanson à Dulcinée
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Language: French (Français) 
Un an me dure la journée
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© by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)
2. Daina Dulsinėjai
Language: Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) 
Diena ilga lyg metai tampa
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3. Chanson du Duc
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Language: French (Français) 
Je veux chanter ici la dame de mes songes
Qui m'exalte au-dessus de ce siècle de boue.
Son coeur de diamant est vierge de mensonges
La rose s'obscurcit au regard de sa joue.
Pour elle j'ai tenté les hautes aventures : 
Mon bras a délivré la princesse en servage,
J'ai vaincu l'enchanteur, confondu les parjures
Et ployé l'univers à lui rendre l'hommage.
Dame par qui je vais, seul dessus cette terre,
Qui ne soit prisonnier de la fausse apparence.
Je soutiens contre tout chevalier téméraire
Votre éclat non pareil et votre précellence.

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by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)
3. Daina hercogui
Language: Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) 
Aš noriu apdainuot savų svajonių Damą,
Virš purvinos būties mane kur pakylėja.
Jos deimanto širdis dar nepažįsta melo,
Išvydęs skruostus Jos nublanksta rožės žiedas.
Paskyriau garbei Jos aš žygdarbį ne vieną
Sava ranka liepiau princesei man tarnauti,
Aš įveikiau kerus ir melagingą žodį, 
Visatai įsakiau Jai garbę atiduoti.
Dama, kurią myliu, vienintelė šioj žemėj, 
Nekalinti tamsoj vaizduotės apgaulingos.
Apginsiu aš tikrai nuo riterių tūžmingų 
Šviesybę Jūsų šią ir Jūsų prakilnumą.

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4. Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte
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Language: French (Français) 
Ne pleure pas Sancho, ne pleure pas mon bon 
Ton maître n'est pas mort, il n'est pas loin de toi
Il vit dans une île heureuse
Où tout est pur et sans mensonges
Dans l'île enfin trouvée où tu viendras un jour,
Dans l'île désirée, O mon ami Sancho !
Les livres sont brûlés et font un tas de cendres
Si tous les livres m'ont tué il suffit d'un
Il suffit d'un pour que je vive
Fantôme dans la vie, et réel dans la mort
Tel est l'étrange sort du pauvre Don Quichotte.

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by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)
4. Don Kichoto mirties daina
Language: Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) 
Neverki tu, Sančo, neverk drauguž, neverk.
Nemiręs aš esu. Aš netoli tavęs.
Saloj džiaugsmų gyvenu,
Kur tyruma ir nėra melo.
Šią salą atradau, ir tu atvyksi čia.
Sala ši trokštama, o, mylimas Sančo!
Sudegę knygos jau vien pelenais pavirto.
Jei ir pražudė jos mane,
Vienos gana, kad likčiau gyvas.
Gyvenime – dvasia, o tikras mirtyje.
Tokia keista dalia vargšelio Don Kichoto.

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