Cinq mélodies françaises, op. 15

Song Cycle by Victor Legley (1915 - 1994)

1. Odelette

Language: French (Français)

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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

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2. La mort

Language: French (Français)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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a text in Japanese (日本語) by Kawaki Makoto (1888 - 1959), as Ryuko Kawaji, copyright © [text unavailable]
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3. Barque d'or [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français)

Dans une barque d'Orient
S'en revenaient trois jeunes filles,
Trois jeunes filles d'Orient
S'en revenaient en barque d'or.

Une qui était noire
Et qui tenait le gouvernail,
Sur ses lèvres aux roses essences
Nous rapportait d'étranges histoires,
Dans le silence.

Une qui était brune,
Et qui tenait la voile en main
Et dont les pieds étaient ailés,
Nous rapportait des gestes d'ange,
En son immobilité.

Mais une qui était blonde,
Qui dormait à l'avant,
Dont les cheveux tombaient dans l'onde
Comme du soleil levant,
Nous rapportait sous ses paupières,
La lumière.

Text Authorship:

by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), title 1: "Barque d'or", title 2: "Chanson", written 1892, appears in Entrevisions, in 1. Jeux et songes, no. 16, first published 1892

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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Golden Barque", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with La Wallonie: revue mensuelle, Belgium, Des presses de H. Vaillant-Carmanne, Janvier-Février 1892, page 304.

Published originally under the title Chanson, which in later appearances (for example, in Entrevisions, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, 1898) was changed to Barque d'or.

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4. Faubourg

Language: French (Français)

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by René Bizet (1887 - 1947)

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5. Le voyageur

Language: French (Français)

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by André Germain (1882 - 1971), copyright ©

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