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by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)

Vespérale
 (Sung text for setting by A. Maddison)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dans le soir violet et les senteurs sereines
Qu’un zéphir berce autour des bois énamourés,
Le pèlerin s’en va doucement sous les chênes.

Il va. L’argent du fleuve et le velours des prés, 
Les coteaux de peluche et les routes de soie
S’enveloppent au loin des frissons mordorés.

La caresse du ciel met un manteau de joie 
Sur la terre, et la terre encore chaude d’amour 
Se pâme de lumière et rit pour qu’on la voie.

 ... 

Seul, baigné du bonheur qui plane sur les choses,
Le pèlerin s’en va tout au long des chemins,
Et parce que ses doigts ont touché tes doigts roses

Il baise dans ses mains le parfum de tes mains.

Composition:

    Set to music by Adela Maddison (c1862 - 1929), "Vespérale", 1904, published 1904, stanzas 1-3,5-6 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes d'Edmond Haraucourt, no. 2, Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), "Vespérale", written 1891, appears in Seul, in 2. L'adoration, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891

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

  • ENG English (Lucy Fitz Gibbon) , "At evening", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Lucy Fitz Gibbon

This text was added to the website: 2020-01-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 146

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