by James Joyce (1882 - 1941)

A flower given to my daughter
 (Sung text for setting by A. Roussel)
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Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE GER
Frail the white rose and frail are
Her hands that gave
Whose soul is sere and paler
Than time's wan wave.

Rosefrail and fair-- yet frailest
A wonder wild
In gentle eyes thou veilest,
My blueveined child.
First published in Poetry, May 1917

Composition:

    Set to music by Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937), "A flower given to my daughter", 1931, published 1933, first performed 1932 [ high voice and piano ], from The Joyce Book, no. 3, note: sometimes published with the same opus number as "Deux idylles", op. 44

Text Authorship:

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Une fleur offerte à ma fille", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Eine Blume, meiner Tochter überreicht", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-13
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Word count: 37