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Ô rêveuse, pour que je plonge Au pur délice sans chemin, Sache, par un subtil mensonge, Garder mon aile dans ta main. Une fraîcheur de crépuscule Te vient à chaque battement Dont le coup prisonnier recule L'horizon délicatement. Vertige ! voici que frissonne L'espace comme un grand baiser Qui, fou de naître pour personne, Ne peut jaillir ni s'apaiser. Sens-tu le paradis farouche Ainsi qu'un rire enseveli Se couler du coin de ta bouche Au fond de l'unanime pli. Le sceptre des rivages roses Stagnants sur les soirs d'or, ce l'est Ce vol blanc fermé que tu poses Contre le feu d'un bracelet.
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Text Authorship:
- by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Autre éventail", subtitle: "de Madame Mallarmé" [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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Éventail", L. 135/(127) no. 3 (1913), published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Autre Éventail (III)", 1993, published 1996, first performed 1998 [ coloratura soprano and orchestra or piano ], from Huit Poésies de Mallarmé, no. 3, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), as Pierre Vellones, "Éventail", op. 24 no. 5 (1929) [ voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes de Mallarmé, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Nicolas Gounin) , "Fan", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (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: 20
Word count: 102
O dreamer-girl, if you'd have me plunge Into pureless path delight, Manage, through a subtle lie To keep my wing in your hand. A freshness of twilight Comes to you at each beat Whose imprisoned stroke thrusts back The horizon delicately. Vertigo! see how shivers Space like a great kiss Which, mad at being born for no one, Can neither spurt nor be calmed. Do you sense the fierce paradise Like a buried laugh Flow from the corner of your mouth Deep into the unanimous fold! The scepter of pink shores Stagnant on golden evenings, this it is, This closed white wing you place Against the fire of a bracelet.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Nicolas Gounin, (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.
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Autre éventail", subtitle: "de Madame Mallarmé"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 110