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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Les trois fils d'or
 (Sung text for setting by J. Weckerlin)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Là bas, sur la mer, comme l’hirondelle,
Je voudrais m’enfuir, et plus loin encor !
Mais j’ai beau vouloir, puisque la cruelle
A lié mon cœur avec trois fils d’or !

L’un est son regard, l’autre, son sourire,
Le troisième, enfin, est sa lèvre en fleur ;
Mais je l’aime trop, c’est un vrai martyre :
Avec trois fils d’or elle a pris mon cœur !

Oh ! si je pouvais dénouer ma chaîne !
Adieu, pleurs, tourments ; je prendrais l’essor,
Mais non, non ! mieux vaut mourir à la peine
Que de vous briser, ô mes trois fils d’or !

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean-Baptiste Théodore Weckerlin (1821 - 1910), "Les trois fils d'or", published [1873] [ voice and piano ], from L'Inde, Ode-symphonie en deux parties, no. 3, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel et Cie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Tre fila d'oro", written 1854, appears in Poèmes et poésies, Paris, Éd. Dentu, first published 1855

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 92

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