Neuf mélodies françaises

by Achille Fortier (1864 - 1939)

1. Mon bouquet

Language: French (Français)

Je possède un bouquet de pauvres fleurs fanées
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Text Authorship:

by Louis Fréchette (1839 - 1908), "Mon bouquet", appears in Pêle-mêle, Éd. Compagnie d'impression et de publication Lovell, first published 1877

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2. Philosophie

Language: French (Français)

J'avais grondé mon triste cœur
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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Philosophie, no. 8, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1875

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3. Qui saurait ?

Language: French (Français)

Qui saurait ? dire la caresse
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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Qui saurait ?", appears in Les Ailes d’Or, poésies nouvelles 1878-1880, in 5. Vers pour être chantés, no. 2, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1880

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4. Ici‑bas [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent,
Tous les chants des oiseaux sont courts,
Je rêve aux étés qui demeurent
    Toujours...

Ici-bas les lèvres effleurent 
Sans rien laisser de leur velours,
Je rêve aux baisers qui demeurent
    Toujours...

Ici-bas, tous les hommes pleurent
Leurs amitiés ou leurs amours;
Je rêve aux couples qui demeurent 
    Toujours...

Text Authorship:

by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Ici-bas tous les lilas meurent", appears in Stances et Poèmes, in 1. Stances, in La Vie intérieure, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Zde"
ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "In this world"
GER German (Deutsch) (Martin Stock) , "Hier auf Erden", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ramona Gabriela Peter) , "Quaggiù", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: quoted in Jules Lemaître's "Vers pour être chantés".

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5. Enfant ! si j'étais roi [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

[Enfant, si]¹ j'étais roi, je donnerais l'empire,
Et mon char, et mon sceptre, et mon peuple à genoux,
Et ma couronne d'or, et mes bains de porphyre,
Et mes flottes, à qui la mer ne peut suffire,
Pour un regard de vous!

Si j'étais Dieu, la terre et l'air avec les ondes,
Les anges, les démons courbés devant ma loi,
Et le profond chaos aux entrailles fécondes,
L'éternité, l'espace et les cieux et les mondes,
Pour un baiser de toi!

Text Authorship:

by Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), "À une femme", written 1829, appears in Les Feuilles d'automne, no. 22

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

CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "孩子，如果我是國王", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Child, if I were king, I would give the empire", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "My child, were I a king"
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "Niña, si yo fuera rey, daría el imperio", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Note: the poem has the following epigraph:

    C'est une âme charmante. 
                --DIDEROT.

¹ Goldschmidt: "Si"; further changes may exist not noted above.

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6. Mon secret

Language: French (Français)

Si je vous le disais que vous êtes jolie
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Text Authorship:

by Gonzalve Desaulniers (1863 - 1934), "Mon secret"

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7. Marguerites

Language: French (Français)

Je t'ai cueilli dans les prés verts
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Text Authorship:

by Gonzalve Desaulniers (1863 - 1934), "Marguerites"

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8. Impromptu

Language: French (Français)

O le charme des fleurs quand tout s'endort sur terre
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Text Authorship:

by Charles Gill (1871 - 1918), appears in Les étoiles filantes

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9. Orgueil

Language: French (Français)

Le regard des humains dans l'Infini s'abîme
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Text Authorship:

by Charles Gill (1871 - 1918), "Orgeuil", appears in Les étoiles filantes

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Total word count: 134