Pholoé
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG SPA
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:
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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 50
Pholoë
Language: English after the French (Français)
Forget, O Pholoë, the lyre and the banquets,
The happy gods, the nights so brief, the good wine,
And the young desires flying to rosy lips.
Age is advancing: it grazes you in its diligent flight,
And into your hair sown with silver strands
It mixes pale asphodel with your roses!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-25
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