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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Les étoiles effarouchées
 (Sung text for setting by J. Jongen)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Les étoiles effarouchées
Viennent de s'envoler des cieux :
J'en sais deux qui se sont cachées,
Mignonne, dans vos jolis yeux,

A l'ombre de vos cils soyeux
Et sous vos paupières penchées :
Attendez! -- mes baisers joyeux
Les auront bientôt dénichées !

Vous feignez de dormir encor :
Éveillez-vous, mon doux trésor !
L'aube pleure sous les feuillées,

Le ciel désert est plein d'ennui.
-- Ouvrez les yeux et rendez-lui
Les deux étoiles envolées !
First published in Rimes neuves et vieilles, Paris, Éd. E. Dentu, 1866.

Composition:

    Set to music by Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Les étoiles effarouchées" [ soprano and piano ], from Sept mélodies d’Armand Silvestre, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 4, first published 1875

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Morning sonnet", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 69

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