O dear little fairy
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4 Romanze
Song Cycle by Gabriele Sibella
1. Oh dear little fairy
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by George Harris, Jr.
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Aldo Fumagalli ( flourished 1915 )
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4. Désir  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Dans la pureté de tes yeux Que nul souffle encor n'a ternie, Luit un étang mystérieux, Où dort une paix infinie. Dans l'étang bleu de tes yeux dort Une fraîcheur délicieuse : Adorable serait la mort En leur clarté silencieuse ! ... Mort exquise, exquise langueur ! Oh ! ne plus penser, ne plus vivre ; En cet étang laisser son cœur, Comme un noyé qui se délivre !
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Désir de Mort", written 1875, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Desire for Death", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor: L'Illusion, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1925, Page 118.
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 62
