Fulfilment | When you place your fainting head

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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Translation © by David Arkell

Exaucement

(Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG GER

Alors qu'en tes mains de lumière
Tu poses ton front défaillant,
Que mon amour en ta prière
Vienne comme un exaucement.

Alors que la parole expire
Sur ta lèvre qui tremble encor,
Et s'adoucit en un sourire
De roses en des rayons d'or ;

 ... 

Que ton âme calme et muette,
Fée endormie au jardin clos,
En sa douce volonté faite
Trouve la joie et le repos.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Confirmed with van Lerberghe, Charles, Entrevisions, suivi de Poèmes posthumes, Paris, G. Crès, 1923, pages 113-114.

Composition:

Gabriel Fauré

Le jardin clos

Text Authorship:

by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Exaucement", written 1898, appears in Entrevisions, in 3. Sous le portique, no. 6, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Atorgament", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "Verhoring", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Arkell) , "Fulfilment", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Erhörung", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Didier Pelat

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Fulfilment

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

When you place your fainting head
In your hands of light,
May my love enter your prayer
Like a fulfilment.

When words expire
On your still trembling lips,
And soften into a smile
Of roses in golden rays;

 ... 

Sleeping like a fairy in an enclosed garden,
May your calm and silent soul
Find joy and rest
In its sweet, accomplished desire.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2021 by David Arkell, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Exaucement", written 1898, appears in Entrevisions, in 3. Sous le portique, no. 6, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898
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