by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
Les pierreries See original
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Les flamboyantes Pierreries Qui parent le glaive des rois Et les mors de leurs palefrois, Brillent dans les rouges tueries. La foule, amante des féeries, Admire, en ses humbles effrois, Les flamboyantes Pierreries Qui parent le glaive des rois. Et dans les louanges nourries, Les princesses aux regards froids Sèment sur leurs corsages droits Et sur leurs jupes d’or fleuries Les flamboyantes Pierreries.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Les pierreries", op. 8 no. 3 (1891-1895), published [1897] [ high voice and piano ], from Rondels 2ème série, no. 3, Éd. E. Baudoux & Cie.
Text Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Les pierreries", written 1875, appears in Les Exilés, in Rondels, no. 24, Paris, Édition Charpentier, first published 1878
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The gemstones", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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