In the Shadows | And what, on this April morning

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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Dans la pénombre

(Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG GER

À quoi, dans ce matin d'avril,
Si douce et d'ombre enveloppée,
La chère enfant au cœur subtil
Est-elle ainsi tout occupée ?

 ... 

Pensivement, d'un geste lent,
En longue robe, en robe a queue,
Sur le soleil au rouet blanc
A filer la laine bleue.

A sourire à son rêve encor,
Avec ses yeux de fiancée,
A tresser des feuillages d'or
Parmi les lys de sa pensée.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4 of the original text.

Confirmed with van Lerberghe, Charles, Entrevisions, suivi de Poèmes posthumes, Paris, G. Crès, 1923, pages 24-25.

Composition:

Gabriel Fauré

Le jardin clos

Text Authorship:

by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Dans la pénombre", written 1898, appears in Entrevisions, in 1. Jeux et songes, no. 9, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la penombra", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "In het halfdonker nog", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "In the Shadows", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Im Zwielicht", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 89

In the Shadows

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

And what, on this April morning,
so soft and shadowy,
is this child with the far-seeing heart
doing so busily?

 ... 

She smiles as she dreams
of her betrothed,
braiding golden leaves
among the lilies of her thoughts.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2000 by Faith J. Cormier, (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), "Dans la pénombre", written 1898, appears in Entrevisions, in 1. Jeux et songes, no. 9, Bruxelles, Éd. Lacomblez, first published 1898
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 54