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by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)

La bien‑aimée
 (Sung text for setting by A. Maddison)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Elle est venue, elle a souri, la bien-aimée :
Elle a dit : « Que c’est mal ! » et m’a longtemps souri :
Son geste embaumait l’air comme un jardin fleuri,
Et la chambre s’en est lentement parfumée,
Et j’ai cru que la terre était montée aux cieux…
O bien-aimée ! Et puis, elle a fermé les yeux,
Comme d’autres, hélas, hélas, la bien-aimée.

Composition:

    Set to music by Adela Maddison (c1862 - 1929), "La bien-aimée", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes d'Edmond Haraucourt, no. 3, Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle

Text Authorship:

  • by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), no title, written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 13, 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) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lucy Fitz Gibbon

This text was added to the website: 2020-01-13
Line count: 7
Word count: 60

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