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Connaissez-vous la blanche tombe, Où flotte avec un son plaintif L'ombre d'un if ? Sur l'if une pâle colombe, Triste et seule au soleil couchant, Chante son chant : ... On dirait que l'âme éveillée Pleure sous terre à l'unisson De la chanson, Et du malheur d'être oubliée Se plaint dans un roucoulement Bien doucement. ... Oh! jamais plus, près de la tombe, Je n'irai, quand descend le soir Au manteau noir, Écouter la pâle colombe Chanter sur la pointe de l'if Son chant plaintif !
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,6 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933), "Lamento", 1883, published 1895, stanzas 1,3,6 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie (Salabert)
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Text Authorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Lamento", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , "Lamento", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Lament", copyright ©
- ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "Lament", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
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Word count: 164
Coneixeu la blanca tomba on amb un so planyívol hi fluctua l’ombra d’un teix? Damunt del teix, una pàl·lida coloma, trista i sola al sol ponent canta el seu cant. ... Semblaria que l’ànima desvetllada plora sota terra a l’uníson de la cançó, i de la dissort de ser oblidada es plany amb un parrupeig ben dolçament. ... Oh! Mai més, prop de la tomba aniré quan es fa fosc amb un mantell negre, per escoltar la pàl·lida coloma cantar a la branca del teix el seu cant planyívol!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,6 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Lamento", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-02
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