I grow pale and feel faint

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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Jane

(Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG

Je pâlis et tombe en langueur :
Deux beaux yeux m'ont blessé le cœur.

Rose pourprée et tout humide,
Ce n'était pas sa lèvre en feu ;
C'étaient ses yeux d'un si beau bleu
Sous l'or de sa tresse fluide.

Je pâlis et tombe en langueur :
Deux beaux yeux m'ont blessé le cœur.

Toute mon âme fut ravie !
Doux étaient son rire et sa voix ;
Mais ses deux yeux bleus, je le vois,
Ont pris mes forces et ma vie !

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

Composition:

Claude Achille Debussy

Text Authorship:

by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Jane", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Librairie Marc Ducloux, first published 1852

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CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 128

Jane

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Debussy)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

I grow pale and feel faint:
Two beautiful eyes have wounded me to the heart.

Dark rose and all moist,
This wasn't the fire of her lips;
It was her eyes of such a beautiful blue
Under the gold of her flowing tresses.

I grow pale and feel faint:
Two beautiful eyes have wounded me to the heart.

My whole soul was ravished!
Sweet was the sound of her laughter and her voice;
But her two blue eyes, I now see,
Have taken my strength and my life!

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

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a text in French (Français) by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Jane", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Librairie Marc Ducloux, first published 1852
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