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by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Pendant que je médite
 (Sung text for setting by R. Hahn)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pendant que je médite agitant les pensées
Où le noir destin m'a rivé,
J'entends le bruit du vent dans les feuilles blessées
Qui viennent couvrir le pavé.

Déjà, sur les rameaux abusés du zéphyre,
Tu passes, automne fumeux
Et je m'évanouis dans le tendre délire
De mon cœur dépouillé comme eux.

Composition:

    Set to music by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Pendant que je médite", 1906, first performed 1906 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les feuilles blessées, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, written 1899-1901, appears in Les Stances, in 5. Stances, cinquième livre, no. 7, Paris, Éd. de La Plume, first published 1901

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "While I contemplate", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sylvain Labartette

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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