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by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)

L'énamourée
 (Sung text for setting by R. Hahn)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Ils se disent, ma colombe,
Que tu rêves, morte encore,
Sous la pierre d'une tombe :
Mais pour l'âme qui t'adore,
Tu t'éveilles réanimée,
Ô pensive bien-aimée !

Par les blanches nuits d'étoiles,
Dans la brise qui murmure,
Je caresse tes longs voiles,
Ta mouvante chevelure,
Et tes ailes demi-closes
Qui voltigent sur les roses !

Ô délices ! je respire
Tes divines tresses blondes !
Ta voix pure, cette lyre,
Suit la vague sur les ondes,
Et, suave, les effleure,
Comme un cygne qui se pleure !

Composition:

    Set to music by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "L'énamourée", 1891?, published 1892 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "L'énamourée", written 1859, appears in Les Exilés, first published 1867

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Raedcavid De Jesús) , "La enamorada", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Erkki Pullinen

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 86

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