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Chansons de Don Quichotte

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

Translated to:

English — Songs of Don Quixote
Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) — Don Kichoto dainos (Giedrius Prunskus)

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.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Don Quixote's Song of Departure", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Don Kichoto išvykimo daina", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre

2. Chanson à Dulcinée
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Un an me dure la journée
 [ ... ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973), copyright ©

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song for Dulcinea", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Daina Dulsinėjai", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.

3. Chanson du Duc
 (Sung text)

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.

Text Authorship:

  • by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the Duke", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Daina hercogui", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada, but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre

4. Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte
 (Sung text)

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.

Text Authorship:

  • by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the death of Don Quixote", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Don Kichoto mirties daina", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Please note: this text, provided here for educational and research use, is in the public domain in Canada, but it may still be copyright in other legal jurisdictions. The LiederNet Archive makes no guarantee that the above text is public domain in your country. Please consult your country's copyright statutes or a qualified IP attorney to verify whether a certain text is in the public domain in your country or if downloading or distributing a copy constitutes fair use. The LiederNet Archive assumes no legal responsibility or liability for the copyright compliance of third parties.

Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre
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