Coneixeu la blanca tomba

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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Lamento

(Sung text for setting by H. Duparc)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG GER ITA SPA

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:

Henri Duparc

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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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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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Lament

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Duparc)

See original

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

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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