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

Tristesse de l'odalisque
 (Sung text for setting by F. David)
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Language: French (Français)  after the French (Français) 
Dans un soupir l'onde au rivage 
Dit ses malheurs ;
Pour consoler la fleur sauvage
L'aube a des pleurs.
Le vent du soir conte sa plainte
Aux vieux cyprès,
La tourterelle au terébinthe
Ses longs regrets,

Au flot dormant, quand tout repose
Hors la douleur,
La lune parle et dit la cause
De sa pâleur.
Ton dôme blanc, Saint Sophie,
Parle au ciel bleu,
Et tout pensif le ciel confie
Son rêve à Dieu!

Arbre ou tombeau, colombe ou rose,
Onde ou rocher,
Tout ici-bas a quelque chose
Pour s'épancher :
Moi! je n'ai rien qui me réponde,
Si je parlais -
La mer est là - verte et profonde,
Sous le palais.

Composition:

    Set to music by Félicien César David (1810 - 1876), "Tristesse de l'odalisque", 1845, published 1846 [ medium voice and piano ], from Les perles d'Orient, no. 5

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  • a text in French (Français) by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845, first published 1845
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Line count: 24
Word count: 109

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