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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Venez, ma bien‑aimée, Venez ô ma cigale
 (Sung text for setting by D. Milhaud)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
...Venez, ma bien-aimée, venez, ô ma cigale,
car l'eau bleue dormira dans les reines-des-prés...

Composition:

    Set to music by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Venez, ma bien-aimée, Venez ô ma cigale", op. 355 no. 23 (1956), published 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 23, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 23, first published 1906

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

  • ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-12
Line count: 2
Word count: 14

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