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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 !
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4,6 of the original text.
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
Sister of sisters, weaver of purple cloth! Last night's revelry turns your cheeks pale... Dance! Let the sharp rythms loosen Your ribbons. ... Slender vase, moving and supple frieze, Dance, dance, palms held towards us, Feet close together, receding like those naked wings That Eros cuts out. Be one of the many flowers swaying a little, Be the scarf offered on a whim, Be the chaste lamp, the odd flame. Be the thought! ... Dance, dance to the song of my hollowed-out flute, Sister of Sisters divine,... sweatiness sliding, Pointless kissing along your smooth thighs... Vain dancing-girl!
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-4,6 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2013 by Emily Ezust, (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 French (Français) 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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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 95