by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval
Elle a passé, la jeune fille
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Elle a passé, la jeune fille Vive et preste comme un oiseau : À la main une fleur qui brille, À la bouche un refrain nouveau. C'est peut-être la seule au monde Dont le cœur au mien répondrait, Qui venant dans ma nuit profonde D'un seul regard l’éclaircirait ! Mais non, - ma jeunesse est finie... Adieu, doux rayon qui m'as lui, - Parfum, jeune fille, harmonie... Le bonheur passait, -- il a fui!
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- by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, "Une Allée du Luxembourg", written 1832-35, appears in Odelettes rythmiques et lyriques [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Une allée du Luxembourg", 1925, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Gérard de Nerval, no. 5, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Corigliano (b. 1938), "Une allée du Luxembourg", from Petit Fours (A Song Cyclette), no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov (1929 - 1996), "La Jeune Fille", 1989 [ tenor, flute, and piano ], from Four Poems by Gérard de Nerval, no. 1, Sikorski [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christophe Loiseleur des Longchamps (b. 1969), "Une allée du Luxembourg", 2005 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Colin Matthews (b. 1946), "Une allée du Luxembourg", 1971-1978, published 1979, first performed 1978 [ baritone and piano ], from Un Colloque Sentimental, no. 4, London, Faber Music [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Vercken (1828 - 1892), "Elle a passé" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. J. Naus [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , "An alley in the Luxembourg Gardens", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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