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

Jane
 (Sung text for setting by C. Debussy)
 See original
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 !

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Jane", L. 13/(19) (1881), stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ]

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

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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-28
Line count: 20
Word count: 128

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