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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Oh ! que sa main est petite et blanche !
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  DUT
Oh ! que sa main est petite et blanche ! 
On dirait une fleur qui penche...

Elle repose, elle dort, 
Elle a touché la mort,

Elle est vide, et toute légère, 
Elle a accompli son sort sur la terre.

Tu peux la prendre, ô Seigneur ! 
Elle a touché le bonheur...

La lune brille sur son visage, 
Et ses yeux sont pleins de nuages.

Sa bouche pose, entrouverte et paisible, 
Comme au bord d'une coupe invisible.

On a couché ses longs bandeaux 
Comme des blés sous une faux.

Lentement, sans bruit, sans secousse,
La porte s'ouvre sur la nuit douce...

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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "La mort" [author's text not yet checked 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 Anny Mesritz-van Velthuysen (1887 - 1965), "Adieu", 1932, copyright © 1948 [ voice and orchestra ], from Trois Chansons, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-03-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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