by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)
Pholoé
Language: French (Français)
Oublie, ô Pholoé, la lyre et les festins, Les Dieux heureux, les nuits si brèves, les bons vins Et les jeunes désirs volant aux lèvres roses. L'âge vient : il t'effleure en son vol diligent, Et mêle en tes cheveux semés de fils d'argent La pâle asphodèle à tes roses !
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Pholoé", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Études latines, no. 14, Paris, Éd. Librairie Marc Ducloux, first published 1852 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Pholoé", published 1900, from Études Latines, no. 8, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Émile Nérini (1882 - 1961), "Pholoé", published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Études latines sur des poésies de Leconte de Lisle, no. 2, Éd. René Gilles [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Pholoë", copyright © 2016
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Pholoé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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