by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891)
L'énamourée See original
Language: French (Français)
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
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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
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