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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Larmes
 (Sung text for setting by C. Tournemire)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI ENG GER
Larmes aux fleurs suspendues,
Larmes de sources perdues
Aux mousses des rochers creux ;

Larmes d'automne épandues,
Larmes de cors entendues
Dans les grands bois douloureux ;

Larmes des cloches latines,
Carmélites, Feuillantines...
Voix des beffrois en ferveur ;

Larmes, chansons argentines 
Dans les vasques florentines 
Au fond du jardin rêveur ;

Larmes des nuits étoilées, 
Larmes de flûtes voilées 
Au bleu du parc endormi ;

Larmes aux longs cils perlées,
Larmes d'amante coulées 
Jusqu'a l'âme de l'ami ;

Gouttes d'extase, éplorement délicieux,
Tombez des nuits ! Tombez des fleurs ! Tombez les yeux !

Et toi, mon cœur, sois le doux fleuve harmonieux, 
Qui, riche du trésor tari des urnes vides, 
Roule un grand rêve triste aux mers des soirs languides.

Note: the poem first appeared in the revue Le Scapin, December 6, 1886; and later in Au Jardin de l'Infante, 1893.

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939), "Larmes", op. 32 no. 1 (1908), from Poème, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Larmes", written 1886, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1886

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "Tears of gold", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Tränen aus Gold", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David K. Smythe

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 118

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