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by Tristan L'Hermite François (1601 - 1655)

Auprès de cette grotte sombre
 (Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG ENG FIN GER
Auprès de cette grotte sombre
Où l'on respire un air si doux,
L'onde lutte avec les cailloux,
Et la lumière avecque l'ombre.

Ces flots lassés de l'exercice
Qu'ils ont fait dessus de gravier,
Se reposent dans ce vivier
Où mourut autrefois Narcisse.

 ... 

L'ombre de cette fleur vermeille
Et celle de ces joncs pendants
Paraissent être là dedans
Les songes de l'eau qui sommeille.

Composition:

    Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Auprès de cette grotte sombre", L. 129/(118) no. 1 (1904-1909), stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ], from Le promenoir des deux amants, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Tristan L'Hermite François (1601 - 1655), "Le Promenoir des deux amants", written 1638, appears in Les Amours de Tristan, Chez Pierre Billaine, rue St Jacques à Paris, first published 1638

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

  • ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Take my advice, dear Climene", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Stephen Shea) , "I tremble when I see your face", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 112
Word count: 611

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