Roses ardentes
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG GER
Roses ardentes
Dans l'immobile nuit,
C'est en vous que je chante
Et que je suis.
En vous, étincelles,
À la cime des bois,
Que je suis éternelle
Et que je vois.
Ô mer profonde,
C'est en toi que mon sang
Renaît vague blonde,
En flot dansant.
Et c'est en toi, force suprême,
Soleil radieux,
Que mon âme elle-même
Atteint son dieu !
M. Crickboom sets stanzas 1-3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
M. Crickboom sets stanza 4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Charles Van Lerberghe, La Chanson d’Ève, Société du Mercure de France, 1904, 2e éd., pages 25-26.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Roses ardentes", op. 95 no. 3 (1906), published 1906 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from La Chanson d'Ève, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Lacombe (1837 - 1927), "Roses ardentes dans l'immobile nuit", op. 132 no. 3 (1907), published [1909] [ high voice and piano ], from La chanson d'Ève, no. 3, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "Vurige rozen", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Flammende Rosen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 62
Fiery roses
Language: English after the French (Français)
Fiery roses
in the still night,
in you I am singing,
in you I exist.
Sparks
at the tips of the forest,
in you I am eternal,
in you I can see.
Deep ocean, in you
my blood is reborn
as a white-capped wave,
as a dancing tide.
And in you, supreme force,
radiant sun,
my very soul
reaches its God!
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of titles
"Roses ardentes dans l'immobile nuit" = "Fiery roses in the still night"
"Roses ardentes" = "Fiery roses"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2000 by Peter Low, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 61