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by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé
On either side the river lie
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye,
That clothe the wold and meet the sky;
And thro' the field the road runs by
To many-tower'd Camelot;
And up and down the people go,
Gazing where the lilies blow
Round an island there below,
The island of Shalott.
Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Thro' the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four gray walls, and four gray towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.
By the margin, willow-veil'd,
Slide the heavy barges trail'd
By slow horses; and unhail'd
The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?
Only reapers, reaping early
In among the bearded barley,
Hear a song that echoes cheerly
From the river winding clearly,
Down to tower'd Camelot:
And by the moon the reaper weary,
Piling sheaves in uplands airy,
Listening, whispers ''Tis the fairy
Lady of Shalott.'
D. Holman sets stanzas 1-2
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir. The Oxford Book of English Verse. Oxford: Clarendon, 1919, [c1901]; Bartleby.com, 1999. www.bartleby.com/101/700.html.
Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Lady of Shalott, no. 1 [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 Wilfred Ellington Bendall (1850 - 1920), "On either side the river lie", published 1884 [ soprano, SSA chorus, orchestra ], from cantata The Lady of Shalott, no. 1, London, Novello [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Reinhold Busch (1862 - 1943), "On either side the river lie ", published 1894 [ soprano, mixed chorus, orchestra ], from cantata The Lady of Shalott, no. 1, Boston, White-Smith [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christopher Montague Edmunds (1899 - 1990), "On either side the river lie ", published 1926 [ SA chorus, orchestra ], from cantata The Lady of Shalott, no. 1, London, Stainer & Bell [sung text not yet checked]
- by Derek Holman (b. 1931), "Towered Camelot", 2009, first performed 2009, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], from The Four Seasons, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Maurice Jacobson (1896 - 1976), "On either side the river lie ", published 1942 [ tenor, SATB chorus, orchestra ], from cantata The Lady of Shalott, no. 1, London, Curwen [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "On either side the river lie", op. 36 no. 1 (1944) [ voice and piano ], from The Lady of Shalott, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate (1911 - 1987), "On either side the river lie ", 1956 [ tenor, viola, percussion, 2 pianos, cello ], from cantata The Lady of Shalott, no. 1, London, Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "The Lady of Shalott", published 1929 [ mezzo-soprano, SA chorus, piano, optional strings ], London, Curwen
- by Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875 - 1938), "The Lady of Shalott", 1909-10 [ mezzo-soprano, SATB chorus, orchestra ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-02-19
Line count: 36
Word count: 193
De chaque côté de la rivière s'étendent
Language: French (Français) after the English
De chaque côté de la rivière s'étendent
De longs champs d'orge et de seigle,
Qui habillent le plateau et rencontrent le ciel ;
Et la route court par les champs
Vers Camelot aux nombreuses tours ;
Et les gens vont de côté et d'autre
Regardant où fleurissent les lys,
Là, en bas, autour d'une île,
L'île de Shallot.
Saules blanchissant, trembles frémissant,
Petites brises, obscurité et frissons
Sur les vagues qui courent éternellement
Près de l'île sur la rivière
Qui coule vers Camelot.
Quatre murs gris et quatre tours grises
Surplombent un carré de fleurs,
Et l'île silencieuse enclot
La dame de Shallott.
Sur la berge, voilée par le saule
Glisse une lourde barque halée
Par de lents chevaux ; et sans être saluée
La chaloupe affale ses voiles de soie
En filant vers Camelot :
Mais qui l'a vue faire un signe de la main ?
Ou l'a vue debout à la croisée,
Où est-elle même connue dans le pays,
La dame de Shallot ?
Seuls les moissonneurs fauchant de bonne heure
Parmi l'orge barbu
Entendent l'écho d'un joyeux chant
Venant clairement du méandre de la rivière
Vers Camelot aux nombreuses tours :
Et sous la lune, le moissonneur fatigué,
Entassant les gerbes sur les hauteurs aérées,
Écoute et chuchote « C'est la féerique
Dame de Shallott. »
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Based on:
- a text in English by Alfred Tennyson, Lord (1809 - 1892), no title, appears in The Lady of Shalott, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-23
Line count: 36
Word count: 212