Tears of gold | Tears hanging from the flowers

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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Translation © by David K. Smythe

Pleurs d'or

(Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT CHI ENG GER

Larmes aux fleurs suspendues,
Larmes de sources perdues
Aux mousses des rochers creux ;

Larmes d'automne épandues,
Larmes de cor entendues
Dans les grands bois douloureux ;

Larmes des cloches latines,
Carmélites, Feuillantines...
Voix des beffrois en ferveur ;

 ... 

Larmes des nuits étoilées, 
Larmes des flûtes voilées 
Au bleu du parc endormi ;

Larmes aux grands cils perlées,
Larmes d'amante coulées 
Jusqu'a l'âme de l'ami ;

Larmes d'extase, éplorement délicieux,
Tombez des nuits ! Tombez des fleurs ! Tombez des yeux !

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,5-7 of the original text.

Note: the poem first appeared in the revue Le Scapin, December 6, 1886; and later in Au Jardin de l'Infante, 1893.

Composition:

Gabriel Fauré

Text Authorship:

by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Larmes", written 1886, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1886

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "Tears of gold", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Tränen aus Gold", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 118

Tears of gold

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Fauré)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Tears hanging from the flowers,
Tears of springs lost
In the mossy hollows of the rocks;

Autumnal tears spread,
Painful tears of horns heard
In the great woods.

Tears of Latin bells,
Carmelites, Feuillantines...
Voices of belfries in fervour;

 ... 

Tears of starry nights,
Tears of veiled flutes
In the blue of the sleepy park;

Beaded tears of long eyelashes,
Tears of a mistress flowing
As far as the soul of the lover;

Drops of ecstasy, deliciously grief-stricken,
Let nights fall! Let flowers fall! Let eyes fall!

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,5-7 of the original text.

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a text in French (Français) by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Larmes", written 1886, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1886
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 131