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by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859)
Translation © by Lidy van Noordenburg

Les danses de Lormont
 (Sung text for setting by C. Franck)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG
  Poursuivant les nuées
    De nos chansons,
  De main en main nouées,
    Dansons ! Dansons !

Nous sommes de Lormont les blanches demoiselles.
La brise nous soulève et nous porte en avant ;
On dirait qu'à nos pieds la danse met des ailes
  Pour nous jeter au vent !

  Poursuivant les nuées
    De nos chansons,
  De mains en main nouées,
    Dansons ! Dansons !

Avec sa grande voix la mer nous accompagne.
La mer qui bat la grève et qui rompt les roseaux,
En nous voyant d'en bas planer sur la montagne,
  Nous prend pour des oiseaux.

 ... 

Regardez, regardez la montagne enflammée !
C'est Lormont qui s'allume au coucher du soleil.
Regardez sur son front tourner la ronde aimée,
  Comme un cercle vermeil !

  Poursuivant les nuées
    De nos chansons,
  De main en main nouées,
    Dansons ! Dansons !

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,8-9 of the original text.

Note: a footnote is associated with the title in the 1973 edition as follows: "Les coteaux de Lormont, en face de Bordeaux."

Composition:

    Set to music by César Franck (1822 - 1890), "Les danses de Lormont", CFF 165 no. 4, FWV 89 no. 4 (1888), published 1923, stanzas 1-4,8-9 [ vocal duet (or chorus) and piano ], from 6 Duos pour voix égales, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Enoch
        Score: IMSLP [external link]

Text Authorship:

  • by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Les Danses de Lormont"

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "De dansen van Lormont", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "The Dances of Lormont", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-26
Line count: 36
Word count: 185

De dansen van Lormont
 (Sung text translation for setting by C. Franck)
 See original
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the French (Français) 
 Geschakeld als een ketting
 van liedjes
 en hand in hand aaneen
 Laten we dansen!

Wij zijn de jonge maagden uit Lormont
De wind tilt ons op en stuwt ons voort
Onder onze voeten zou de dans vleugels
krijgen zodat de wind vat op ons heeft.

 Geschakeld als een ketting
 van liedjes
 en hand in hand aaneen
 Laten we dansen!

De zee begeleidt ons met luide stem
De zee die op het strand slaat en het riet breekt
Ziet ons vanuit de diepte over de berg zweven
alsof wij vogels zijn,

 ... 

Kijk, de berg staat in het avondrood,
Lormont wordt verlicht in de ondergaande zon
Kijk naar onze rondedans op zijn top
Als een helrode cirkel.

 Geschakeld als een ketting
 van liedjes
 en hand in hand aaneen
 Laten we dansen!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,8-9 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2010 by Lidy van Noordenburg, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786 - 1859), "Les Danses de Lormont"
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-05
Line count: 36
Word count: 158

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