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Les roses d'Ispahan dans leur gaîne de mousse, Les jasmins de Mossoul, les fleurs de l'oranger, Ont un parfum moins frais, ont une odeur moins douce, Ô blanche Léïlah! que ton souffle léger. Ta lèvre est de corail et ton rire léger Sonne mieux que l'eau vive et d'une voix plus douce. Mieux que le vent joyeux qui berce l'oranger, Mieux que l'oiseau qui chante au bord d'un nid de mousse. ... Ô Leïlah! depuis que de leur vol léger Tous les baisers ont fui de ta lèvre si douce Il n'est plus de parfum dans le pâle oranger, Ni de céleste arome aux roses dans leur mousse. ... Oh! que ton jeune amour, ce papillon léger, Revienne vers mon coeur d'une aile prompte et douce. Et qu'il parfume encor les fleurs de l'oranger, Les roses d'Ispahan dans leur gaîne de mousse.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4,6 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Les Roses d'Ispahan", op. 39 no. 4 (1884), published 1885, orchestrated 1891, stanzas 1,2,4,6 [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Les Roses d'Ispahan", appears in Poèmes tragiques, first published 1884
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les roses d’Isfahan", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The roses of Ispahan", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Die Rosen von Ispahan", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Elena Mariani) , "Le rose d'Ispahan", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Las rosas de Ispahan", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Las rosas de Ispahan", copyright © 2020, (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: 211
The roses of Ispahan in their sheath of moss, the jasmines of Mosul, the orange blossoms, have a fragrance less fresh, an aroma less sweet, O pale Leila, than your light breath! Your lips are coral and your light laughter has a softer and lovelier sound than rippling water, lovelier than the joyous breeze that rocks the orange-tree, lovelier than the bird that sings near its nest of moss. ... O Leila, ever since in their airy flight all the kisses have fled from your lips so sweet, there is no longer any fragrance from the pale orange-tree, no heavenly aroma from the roses in the moss. ... Oh, if only your youthful love, that light butterfly, would return to my heart on swift and gentle wings, and perfume once more the orange blossom and the roses of Ispahan in their sheath of moss.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4,6 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2000 by Peter Low, (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-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Les Roses d'Ispahan", appears in Poèmes tragiques, first published 1884
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