Sur la source | Sur la source elle se pencha

by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Sur la source elle se pencha

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Sur la source elle se pencha;
La source doubla son image,
Et ce fut un charmant mirage,
Qu'un peu de vent effaroucha.

Sous les grands bois elle chanta :
L'oiseau doubla son chant sauvage,
Et ce fut un charmant ramage,
Que le vent lointain emporta.

Quand j'effleurai son doux visage,
Sa bouche ma bouche doubla...
Le vent peut balayer la plage,
Ô Myrto, que me fait l'orage ?
-- Ton baiser reste toujours là !

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Text Authorship:

by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Myrto, no. 2 [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Sur la source", op. 14 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from Poème d'avril, no. 7, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexis Jean Hubert Rostand (1844 - 1919), "Sur la source" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 16, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Fils [sung text not yet checked]
by Émile Wroblewski , "Souvenir" [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Feuillets d'Album, no. 4, Éd. H. Rohdé [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jules Massenet.
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