Pholoë | Forget, O Pholoë, the lyre and the banquets

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

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Pholoé

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: 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:

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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 49

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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Based on:

a text in French (Français) 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
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 51