Sur [ton sein]1 pâle mon cœur dort D'un sommeil doux comme la mort : Mort exquise, mort parfumée [Du]2 souffle de la bien aimée : Sur [un lys]3 pâle mon cœur dort ...
Nocturne
Set by Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Nocturne", published 1920 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Senart [sung text not yet checked]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Translations available : ENG
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, in Nocturnes, no. 1, first published 1875
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , "Extase", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2016
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, Paris, A. Lemerre, 1906, page 90.
1 Doire, Duparc: "un lys"; further changes may exist for Doire's setting not shown above.2 Hahn: "Au"
3 Duparc, Hahn: "ton sein"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Ma pensée est sereine et rêve parfumée, Comme la chambre heureuse où dort la bien-aimée. Large fleur au cœur blanc qui parfume la nuit, La lune sur l'étang du ciel s'épanouit. Ma pensée est sereine et rêve caressée D'une odeur de santal que tes bras m'ont laissée.
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, in Nocturnes, no. 2, first published 1875
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Paul Hindemith
Author(s): Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909)