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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

Ils se disent, ma colombe
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Ils se disent, ma colombe,
Que tu rêves, morte encore,
Sous la pierre d'une tombe :
Mais pour l'âme qui t'adore,
Tu t'éveilles ranimée,
Ô pensive bien-aimée !

Par les blanches nuits d'étoiles,
Dans la brise qui murmure,
Je caresse tes longs voiles,
Ta mouvante chevelure,
Et tes ailes demi-closes
Qui voltigent sur les roses !

Ô délices ! je respire
Tes divines tresses blondes !
Ta voix pure, cette lyre,
Suit la vague sur les ondes,
Et, suave, les effleure,
Comme un cygne qui se pleure !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Gounod •   C. Gounod •   R. Hahn •   G. Schubert 

G. Schubert sets stanzas 1, 3

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Confirmed with Théodore de Banville, Poésies complètes: Les exilés: Odelettes, Améthystes, Rimes dorées, Rondels, Les Princesses, Trente-Six Ballades Joyeuses, Paris, G. Charpentier et Cie, 1887, page 129.


Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "L'énamourée", written 1859, appears in Les Exilés, first published 1867 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 86

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