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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Une douceur splendide et sombre
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Une douceur splendide et sombre
Flotte sous le ciel étoilé.
On dirait que, là-haut, dans l'ombre
Un paradis s'est écroulé.

Et c'est comme l'odeur ardente,
L'odeur fiévreuse dans l'air noir,
D'une chevelure d'amante
Dénouée à travers le soir.

Tout l'espace languit de fièvres
Du fond des cœurs mystérieux
S'en viennent mourir sur les lèvres
Des mots qui font fermer les yeux.

Et [dans]1 ma bouche où s'évapore
Le parfum des bonheurs derniers
Et de mon cœur vibrant encore
S'élèvent de vagues pitiés.

Pour tous ceux-là, qui, sur la terre,
Par un tel soir tendant les bras,
N'ont point dans leur cœur solitaire
Un nom à sangloter tout bas.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   N. Boulanger •   J. Cras 

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1 Boulanger, Cras: "de"

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), no title, appears in Le chariot d'or, in 2. Élégies, no. 4, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1901 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Paul Gaudens Albert Adréani , "Élégie", 1917, published <<1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les Chansons rêveuses, no. 3, Nice, Éd. Paul Adréani [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Albert Bertelin (1872 - 1951), "Une douceur splendide et sombre" [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons intimes. Poésies de A. Samain, no. 2, Paris, Éd. E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979), "Élégie", subtitle: "Lent", 1906, published 1909, first performed 1907 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean-Émile-Paul Cras (1879 - 1932), "Soir", 1910, published 1912, first performed 1912 [ high voice and orchestra or piano ], from Elégies, 4 poèmes d' A. Samain, pour chant et orchestre, no. 3, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Alfred André Simon Kullmann (1875 - 1963), "Élégie", <<1917 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies - 1ère série, no. 2, Paris, Éd. L. Grus & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Une douceur splendide et sombre", published 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Une douceur splendide et sombre", published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Trois élégies , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Ravarin (1890 - 1917), "Élégie II", 1914 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Mélodies, no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Netty Roqué , "Elégie", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Liederen, no. 1, Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Karen Kanakis) , "Elegy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Laura L. Nagle

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 109

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