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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Voici que les grans lys
 (Sung text for setting by J. Jongen)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Voici que les grans lys ont vêtu leur blancheur :
Sur les gazons tremblants l'aube étend sa fraîcheur !
-- C'est le printemps ! c'est le matin ! Double jeunesse.

Ma mie, en s'éveillant, m'a dit : « Le beau soleil !
Le temps est donc venu que tout charme renaisse.
Partout des chants ! Partout des fleurs ! Double réveil !»

Mais le tièdeur de l'air la rendant moins farouche,
Je me penchai vers elle et je posai ma bouche
Sur son front et sur ses cheveux, double trésor !

Composition:

    Set to music by Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Voici que les grans lys", 1893 [ soprano and piano ], from Sept mélodies d’Armand Silvestre, no. 5

Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 5

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Now the large lilies", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 82

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