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Larmes aux fleurs suspendues, Larmes de sources perdues Aux mousses des rochers creux ; Larmes d'automne épandues, Larmes de [cors]1 entendues Dans les grands bois douloureux ; Larmes des cloches latines, Carmélites, Feuillantines... Voix des beffrois en ferveur ; Larmes, chansons argentines Dans les vasques florentines Au fond du jardin rêveur ; Larmes des nuits étoilées, Larmes [de]2 flûtes voilées Au bleu du parc endormi ; Larmes aux [longs]3 cils perlées, Larmes d'amante coulées Jusqu'a l'âme de l'ami ; [Gouttes]4 d'extase, éplorement délicieux, Tombez des nuits ! Tombez des fleurs ! Tombez [des]5 yeux ! Et toi, mon cœur, sois le doux fleuve harmonieux, Qui, riche du trésor tari des urnes vides, Roule un grand rêve triste aux mers des soirs languides.
G. Fauré sets stanzas 1-3, 5-7
S. Gassot sets stanzas 1-3, 5-7
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Fauré: "cor"
2 Fauré: "des"
3 Fauré: "grands"
4 Fauré, Gassot: "Larmes"
5 Tournemire: "les"
Authorship
- by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Larmes", appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, first published 1893 [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 S. Curtis , "Larmes", op. 39 (Trois mélodies - Three songs) no. 3, published [1922] [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Pleurs d'or", op. 72 (1896), published 1897, stanzas 1-3,5-7 [ vocal duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jane Fonssagrives , "Larmes", <<1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies, poèmes d'Albert Samain, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stéphane Gassot (b. 1987), "Larmes aux fleurs suspendues", 2013, stanzas 1-3,5-7 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling , "Larmes", op. 46 no. 3 (1993), published 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Albert Samain, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Larmes", published 1910 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tournemire (1870 - 1939), "Larmes", op. 32 no. 1 (1908), from Poème, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "Tears of gold", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Tränen aus Gold", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: David K. Smythe
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 122
Tränen, von den Blumen hängend, Tränen aus verlorenen Quellen, Im Moos der ausgehöhlten Felsen. Tränen im ausgebreiteten Herbst, Schmerzvolle Tränen erklingender Hörner In den weiten Wäldern. Tränen lateinischer Glocken, Karmeliterinnen, Feuillantiner, Stimme der Glockentürme voller Inbrunst. Tränen sternenheller Nächte, Tränen der verschleierten Flöte Im Blau des verschlafenen Parks. Perlenförmige Tränen in langen Wimpern, Der Geliebten, fallend Bis zur Seele des Geliebten. Tränen der Extase, köstlicher Traurigkeit, Lasst die Nächte fallen! Lasst die Blumen fallen! Lasst die Augen fallen!
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Larmes", appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, first published 1893
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-24
Line count: 17
Word count: 78