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L'aube blanche dit à mon rêve:
"Éveille-toi, le soleil luit".
Mon âme écoute et je soulève
Un peu mes paupières vers lui.
Un rayon de lumière touche
La pâle fleur de mes yeux bleus;
Une flamme éveille ma bouche,
Un souffle éveille mes cheveux.
Et mon âme, comme une rose
Tremblante, lente, tout le jour,
S'éveille à la beauté des choses,
Comme mon âme à leur amour.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "L'aube blanche", op. 95 no. 5 (1906), published 1906, stanzas 1-3 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from La Chanson d'Ève, no. 5, Éd. Heugel
Text Authorship:
- by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1903, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 1. Premières paroles, no. 14, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "Het witte ochtendgloren", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The white dawn", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der weiße Morgendämmer", 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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L’alba blanca diu al meu somni:
“Desperta’t, ja brilla el sol.”
La meva ànima ho sent i jo aixeco
un poc les meves parpelles vers ell.
Un raig de llum toca
la pàl•lida flor dels meus ulls blaus;
una flama desvetlla la meva boca,
un hàlit desvetlla els meus cabells.
I la meva ànima com una rosa
tremolosa, lenta, tot el dia,
es desvetlla a la beutat de les coses,
com la meva ànima a llur amor.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (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), no title, written 1903, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 1. Premières paroles, no. 14, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 81