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by Renée de Brimont, Mme la Baronne (1880 - 1943)

Danseuse
 (Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG GER
Sœur des Sœurs tisseuses de violettes,
une ardente veille blémit tes joues...
Danse ! Et que les rythmes aigus dénouent
  tes bandelettes.

 ... 

Vase svelte, fresque mouvante et souple,
danse, danse, paumes vers nous tendues,
pieds étroits fuyant, tels des ailes nues
  qu'Eros découple...

Sois la fleur multiple un peu balancée,
sois l'écharpe offerte au désir qui change,
sois la lampe chaste, la flamme étrange,
  sois la pensée !

 ... 

Danse, danse au chant de ma flûte creuse,
sœur des Sœurs divines. -- La moiteur glisse,
baiser vain, le long de ta hanche lisse...
  Vaine danseuse !

Beneath the title is the Greek inscription "ἔγω φαμι ίοπλόχων / Mοισαν εύ λάχεμεν"

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Danseuse", op. 113 no. 4 (1919), published 1919, stanzas 1,3-4,6 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mirages, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Durand & Cie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Renée de Brimont, Mme la Baronne (1880 - 1943), "Danseuse", written 1919, appears in Mirages, in 2. Des songes et des paroles, no. 2, Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, first published 1919

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Ballarina", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dancing-girl", copyright © 2013
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Tänzerin", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Didier Pelat

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 138

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