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Bois chers aux ramiers, pleurez, doux feuillages,
Et toi, source vive, et vous, frais sentiers;
Pleurez, ô bruyères sauvages,
Buissons de houx et d'églantiers.
...
Printemps, Roi fleuri de la verte année,
Ô jeune Dieu, pleure! Été mùrissant,
Coupe ta tresse couronnée ;
Et pleure, Automne rougissant.
L'angoisse d'aimer brise un coeur fidèle.
Terre et ciel, pleurez! Oh! Que je l'aimais !
Cher pays, ne parle plus d'elle;
Nanny ne reviendra jamais!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4-5 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Nanny", op. 2 (Sept mélodies) no. 1, published 1883, stanzas 1,4-5 [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Hamelle
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Nanny", appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1852 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My Nannie's awa"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Nanny", copyright © 2016, (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.
Line count: 20
Word count: 119
Dear woods with pigeons, you are crying, soft leaves,
And you, living spring, and you, fresh paths;
You weep, oh savage moor,
Bushes of holly and wild rosebushes.
...
Springtime, flowering King of the green year,
Oh young god, weep! Maturing summer,
Cut off your own crowning tresses;
And weep, blushing autumn.
The anguish of love can break a faithful heart.
Earth and heaven, weep! Oh! How I loved her!
Dear countryside, don’t speak any more of her;
Nanny will never return!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4-5 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (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), "Nanny", appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1852 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My Nannie's awa"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 134