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

Dans l'air léger, dans l'azur rose
Language: French (Français) 
Dans l'air léger, dans l'azur rose
Un grêle fil d'or rampe et luit
Sur les mornes que l'aube arrose.

Fleur ailée, au matin éclose,
L'oiseau s'éveille, vole et fuit
Dans l'air léger, dans l'azur rose.

L'abeille boit ton âme, ô rose!
L'épais tamarinier bruit
[Sous]1 les mornes que l'aube arrose.

La brume, qui palpite et n'ose,
Par frais soupirs s'épanouit
Dans l'air léger, dans l'azur rose.

Et la mer, où le ciel [repose]2
Fait monter son vaste et doux bruit
Sur les mornes que l'aube arrose.

Mais les yeux divins que j'aimais
[Se sont]3 fermés, et pour jamais,
Dans l'air léger, dans l'azur rose !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Koechlin 

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First published in the revue Le Monde poétique, no. 1, June 10 1884.

1 Koechlin: "Sur"
2 Koechlin: "reluit"
3 Koechlin: "Sont"

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Villanelle", written 1884?, appears in Derniers poèmes, Paris, Éd. posthume Alphonse Lemerre [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 Paul Bazelaire (1886 - 1958), "Villanelle", op. 98, published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éditions Eugène Demets [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Villanelle", op. 21 no. 2 (1900-1) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul de Wailly (1854 - 1933), "Dans l'air léger" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "V růžový blankyt…"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 107

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