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by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)

Reflets
 (Sung text for setting by L. Boulanger)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Sous l'eau du songe qui s'élève 
Mon âme a peur, mon âme a peur. 
Et la lune luit dans mon cœur
Plongé dans les sources du rêve !

Sous l'ennui morne des roseaux.
Seul le reflet profond des choses,
Des lys, des palmes et des roses
Pleurent encore au fond des eaux.

Les fleurs s'effeuillent une à une
Sur le reflet du firmament.
Pour descendre, éternellement
Sous l'eau du songe et dans la lune.

First published in the revue La Pléiade, June 1886, and later in Serres Chaudes, 1889.

Composition:

    Set to music by Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Reflets", 1911, published 1911 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], Ricordi

Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Reflets", written 1886, appears in Serres chaudes, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1889

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Bernard Miall) , first published 1915
  • ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "Reflections", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Franziska Heinzen) , "Widerspiegelungen", copyright © 2020, (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: 12
Word count: 75

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