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by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935)

Musique
 (Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG
La lune se levait, pure, mais plus glacée
Que le ressouvenir de quelqu'amour passée.
Les étoiles, au fond du ciel silencieux,
Brillaient, mais d'un éclat changeant, comme des yeux
Où flotte une pensée insaisissable à l'âme.
Et le violon, tendre et doux, comme une femme
Dont la voix s'affaiblit dans l'ardente langueur,
Chantait: » Encore un soir perdu pour le bonheur. «

Composition:

    Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Musique", L. 54/(44) (1883) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Musique", appears in Les Aveux, in Amour, no. 31

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Hudba", first published 1893
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Muziek", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Music", copyright © 2017


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 63

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