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by Roland de Marès (1874 - 1955)

Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer
 (Sung text for setting by M. Ravel)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
En Bohême était une Reine,
Douce soeur du Roi de Thulé,
Belle entre toutes les Reines,
Reine par sa toute Beauté.

Le grand Trouvère de Bohême
Un soir triste d'automne roux
Lui murmura le vieux: je t'aime !... --
Âmes folles et cœurs si fous !...

Et la Très Belle toute blanche
Le doux Poète tant aima
Que sur l'heure son âme blanche
Vers les étoiles s'exhala...

Les grosses cloches de Bohême
Et les clochettes de Thulé
Chantèrent l'hosana suprême
De la Reine morte d'aimer...

Composition:

    Set to music by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer", M. 4 (1893) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Roland de Marès (1874 - 1955), "Complainte de la Reine de Bohême", appears in Ariettes douloureuses, Paris, Leon Vanier, first published 1893

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , François Le Roux [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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