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All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make vain pretence Our wanderings to guide. ... Alice! A childish story take, And with a gentle hand, Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined In Memory's mystic band, Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers Pluck'd in far-off land. All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are plied, While little hands make vain pretence Our wanderings to guide. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,7,1 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Childhood Dreams", 1991, published 1996, stanzas 1,7,1 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from "Alice" Songs, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, no title, appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, MacMillan; text from the preface, first published 1865
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- FRE French (Français) (Henri Bué) , no title [an adaptation]
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
Line count: 42
Word count: 231
Dans l'après-midi doré, tous Pleins de langueur, nous voguons ; Car nos deux rames, avec peu d'habileté, Sont maniées par de petits bras, Tandis que de petites mains ont de vaines prétentions À guider notre errance. ... Alice ! Prends cette histoire enfantine Et d'une gentille main Dépose-la où les rêves de l'enfance sont tressés En une guirlande mystique du souvenir Comme une couronne de fleurs fanées de pélerin Cueillies dans un pays très lointain. Dans l'après-midi doré, tous Pleins de langueur, nous voguons ; Car nos deux rames, avec peu d'habileté, Sont maniées par de petits bras, Tandis que de petites mains ont de vaines prétentions À guider notre errance. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,7,1 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (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.
Based on:
- a text in English by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll, no title, appears in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, MacMillan; text from the preface, first published 1865
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-29
Line count: 42
Word count: 264