L’ànima d’una flauta sospira

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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Arpège

(Sung text for setting by P. Jarnach)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

L'âme d'une flûte soupire
Au fond du parc mélodieux ;
Limpide est l'ombre où l'on respire
Ton poème silencieux,

Nuit de langueur, nuit de mensonge,
Qui poses, d'un geste ondoyant,
Dans ta chevelure de songe
La lune, bijou d'Orient.

Sylva, Sylvie et Sylvanire,
Belles au regard bleu changeant,
(L'étoile aux fontaines se mire),
Allez par les sentiers d'argent,

Allez vite, l'heure est si brève,
Cueillir,
Les cœurs qui se meurent du rêve
De mourir parmi vos cheveux...

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Philipp Jarnach

Drei frühe französische Lieder

Text Authorship:

by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Arpège", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1893

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Maria Louise Baum) , first published 1890

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Line count: 16
Word count: 82

Arpegi

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Jarnach)

See original

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

L’ànima d’una flauta sospira
al fons del parc melodiós;
límpida és l’ombra on es respira
el teu poema silenciós,

nit de llangor, nit enganyosa,
que poses, amb un gest voluble,
a la teva cabellera de somieig,
la lluna, joiell d’Orient.

Silva, Sílvia i Silvanira,
beutats d’esguard blau mudadís,
(l’estrella a les fonts s’emmiralla),
aneu per els senders d’argent,

aneu de pressa, l’hora és tan breu,
a collir al jardí de l’anuència,
els cors que es moren del somni
de morir entre els vostres cabells....

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Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (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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a text in French (Français) by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Arpège", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-05
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Word count: 84