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by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872)

Les Colombes
 (Sung text for setting by M. Falla)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Sur le coteau, là-bas où sont les tombes,
Un beau palmier, comme un panache vert
Dresse sa tête, où le soir les colombes
Viennent nicher et se mettre à couvert.

Mais le matin elles quittent les branches;
Comme un collier qui s'égrène, on les voit
S'éparpiller dans l'air bleu, toutes blanches,
Et se poser plus loin sur quelque toit.

Mon âme est l'arbre où tous les soirs comme elles,
De blancs essaims de folles visions
Tombent des cieux, en palpitant des ailes,
Pour s'envoler dès les premiers rayons.

First appeared under the title "Ghazel" in Le Figaro, February 1, 1838, and then under the title "Les Colombes" in La Comédie de la Mort, Éd. Desessart, Paris, 1838.

Composition:

    Set to music by Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946), "Les Colombes", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), title 1: "Les Colombes", title 2: "Ghazel", appears in La Comédie de la Mort, first published 1838

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Holubi"
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2020, (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: 12
Word count: 88

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