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Reviens, reviens, ma bien-aimée ! Comme une fleur loin du soleil, La fleur de ma vie est fermée, Loin de ton sourire vermeil. Entre nos cœurs tant de distance ; Tant d'espace entre nos baisers. Ô sort amer ! ô dure absence ! Ô grands désirs inapaisés ! ... Au pays qui me prend ma belle, Hélas ! si je pouvais aller ; Et si mon corps avait une aile Comme mon âme pour voler ! Par-dessus nos vertes collines, Les montagnes au front d'azur, Les champs rayés et les ravines, J'irais d'un vol rapide et sûr. Le corps ne suit pas la pensée; Pour moi, mon âme, va tout droit, Comme une colombe blessée, T'abattre au rebord de son toit. ... Et dis, mon âme, à cette belle : « Tu sais bien qu'il compte les jours ! Ô ma colombe ! à tire d'aile, Retourne au nid de nos amours. »
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4-6,8 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875), "Absence", op. 21 no. 13 (1872), published 1873, stanzas 1,2,4-6,8 [ soprano and piano ], from Vingt mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 13, Paris, Choudens
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Absence", written 1838, appears in La Comédie de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Desessart, first published 1838
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "Absence"
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2015
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Assenza", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Torna, torna, estimada meva! Com una flor lluny del sol, la flor de la meva vida s’ha tancat, lluny del teu vermell somriure. Entre els nostres cors, tanta distància; tant d’espai entre les nostres besades. Oh amarg destí! Oh dura absència! Oh grans desigs inapaivagats! ... Al país que m’ha pres l’estimada, ai las! Si jo hi pogués anar; i si el meu cos tingués ales com la meva ànima per volar! Per damunt els verds tossals, les muntanyes amb el front d’atzur, els camps llaurats i els rierols, hi aniria amb un vol ràpid i segur. El cos no segueix pas el pensament, en lloc meu, ànima meva, vés-hi directe, per caure al cantell de la seva teulada com una coloma ferida. ... i digues-li, ànima meva, a aquesta beutat: “Saps prou bé que ell compta els dies! Oh la meva coloma! Amb un ràpid vol, torna al niu dels nostres amors.”
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,4-6,8 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (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 Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Absence", written 1838, appears in La Comédie de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Desessart, first published 1838
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