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by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936)

Les fontaines
 (Sung text for setting by R. Hahn)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Pour que ton rire clair, jeune, tendre et léger,
    S'épanouisse en fleur sonore,
Il faut qu'avril verdisse aux pousses du verger,
    Plus vertes d'aurore en aurore,

Il faut que l'air égal annonce le printemps
    Et que la première hirondelle
Rase d'un vol aigu les roseaux de l'étang
    Qui mire son retour fidèle !

Mais, quoique l'écho rie à ton rire avec toi,
    Goutte à goutte et d'une eau lointaine,
N'entends-tu pas gémir et répondre à ta voix
    La plainte faible des fontaines ?

Composition:

    Set to music by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Les fontaines", published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 2ème volume, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Francois-Joseph de Régnier (1864 - 1936), "Épigramme", written 1902, appears in La Cité des eaux, in Odes et poésies, no. 9, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1902

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The fountains", copyright © 2018
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , copyright © 2015, (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: 83

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