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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Nell
 (Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)
 See base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG GER JPN
Ta rose de pourpre à ton clair soleil,
   Ô Juin, étincelle enivrée,
Penche aussi vers moi ta coupe dorée :
   Mon cœur à ta rose est pareil.

Sous le mol abri de la feuille ombreuse
   Monte un soupir de volupté :
Plus d'un ramier chante au bois écarté.
   Ô mon cœur, sa plainte amoureuse.

Que ta perle est douce au ciel enflammé.
   Étoile de la nuit pensive !
Mais combien plus douce est la clarté vive
   Qui rayonne en mon coeur, en mon cœur charmé !

La chantante mer. Le long du rivage, 
   Taira son murmure éternel,
Avant qu'en mon cœur, chère amour.
   Ô Nell, ne fleurisse plus ton image !

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Nell", op. 18 no. 1 (1878), published 1880 [ voice and piano ], J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Nell", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Librairie Marc Ducloux, first published 1852

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nell", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Nell", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Martin Stock) , "Nell", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "ネル", copyright © 2025, (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: 16
Word count: 109

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