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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 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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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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