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by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)

À une étoile
 (Sung text for setting by L. Diémer)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
 ... 

Étoile qui descends vers la verte colline,
Triste larme d'argent du manteau de la Nuit,
Toi que regarde au loin le pâtre qui chemine,
Tandis que pas à pas son long troupeau le suit, --
Étoile, où t'en vas-tu, dans cette nuit immense ?
Cherches-tu sur la rive un lit dans les roseaux ?
Où t'en vas-tu si belle, à l'heure du silence,
Tomber comme une perle au sein profond des eaux ?
Ah ! si tu dois mourir, bel astre, et si ta tête
Va dans la vaste mer plonger ses blonds cheveux,
Avant de nous quitter, un seul instant arrête ; -
Étoile de l'amour, ne descends pas des cieux !

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Diémer (1843 - 1919), "À une étoile", published 1875, stanza 3 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Mélodies, no. 5, Paris : Henri Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), no title, written 1831, appears in Premières poésies, in Le saule, first published 1850

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-22
Line count: 24
Word count: 195

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