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... 15. — « Soyez béni, mon Dieu, qui donnez la souffrance Comme un divin remède à nos impuretés, Et comme la meilleure et la plus pure essence Qui prépare les forts aux saintes voluptés ! ... Je sais que la douleur est la noblesse unique Où ne mordront jamais la terre et les enfers, Et qu'il faut pour tresser ma couronne mystique Imposer tous les temps et tous les univers. Mais les bijoux perdus de l'antique Palmyre, Les métaux inconnus, les perles de la mer, Par votre main montés, ne pourraient pas suffire À ce beau diadème éblouissant et clair ; Car il ne sera fait que de pure lumière, Puisée au foyer saint des rayons primitifs, Et dont les yeux mortels, dans leur splendeur entière, Ne sont que des miroirs obscurcis et plaintifs ! »
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 15,17-19 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jonathan Harvey (1939 - 2012), "Bénédiction", 1975, stanzas 15,17-19, from Correspondances, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Bénédiction", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 1, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Haasz) , "Požehnání"
- ENG English (Emily Wyatt) , "Benediction", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Cyril Meir Scott) , "Benediction", appears in The Flowers of Evil, London, Elkin Mathews, first published 1909
- GER German (Deutsch) (Stefan George) , "Segen", appears in Die Blumen des Bösen, Berlin, Bondi, first published 1901
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Delfim Guimarães) , "Benção", appears in As Flores do Mal
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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... " - Bendito seas, Señor, que das el sufrimiento Como divina cura de nuestras impurezas Y como la mejor, la mas pura esencia Que a los fuertes prepara para los santos goces ... "Yo sé bien que el dolor es la sola nobleza Que no han de corroer la tierra y los infiernos Que para trenzar mi mística corona Deberán contribuir épocas y universos "Pero ni las perdidas joyas de Palmira Los ignotos metales ni las perlas del mar Por tus manos labrados, no serían suficientes Para ésta mi diadema, tan clara y centellante "Pues será solamente de la más pura luz Tomada del hogar santo del rayo primigenio Del que ojos mortales, aún en su esplendor, Son sólo los espejos dolientes y empañados."
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 15,17-19 of the original text.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2007 by Alberto Bonati, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Bénédiction", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 1, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, first published 1857
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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-13
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Word count: 581