Über deiner bleichen Brust schläft mein Herz

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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Translation © by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes

Sur ton sein pâle mon cœur dort

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG GER

Sur [ton sein]¹ pâle mon cœur dort
D'un sommeil doux comme la mort :
Mort exquise, mort parfumée
[Du]² souffle de la bien aimée :
Sur [un lys]³ pâle mon cœur dort ...

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Duparc • R. Hahn

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Confirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, Paris, A. Lemerre, 1906, page 90.

¹ Doire, Duparc: "un lys"; further changes may exist for Doire's setting not shown above.
² Hahn: "Au"
³ Duparc, Hahn: "ton sein"

Text Authorship:

by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, in Nocturnes, no. 1, first published 1875 [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 René Doire (1879 - 1959), "Extase", published [1918] [ voice and piano ], Paris : Société anonyme des Editions Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
by Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933), "Extase", 1877, published 1894 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Nocturne", 1893, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Federico Longás (1893 - 1968), "Nocturne", published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Once Lieders, no. 10, Barcelona, Joaquin Mora [sung text not yet checked]
by Francisco Mignone (1897 - 1986), "Extase", 1928, first performed 1942 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Cemal Resit Rey (1904 - 1985), as Djemal Rechid, "Nocturne" [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. E. Fromont [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Nocturne", published 1920 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Senart

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Über deiner bleichen Brust schläft mein...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Über deiner bleichen Brust schläft mein Herz
einen süßen Schlaf, gleichsam dem Tod.
Auserlesener Tod, duftender Tod, parfümiert
durch den Atem (einen Hauch) meiner innig geliebten ...
Über deiner bleichen Brust schläft mein Herz.

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a text in French (Français) by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, no title, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, in Nocturnes, no. 1, first published 1875
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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-29
Line count: 5
Word count: 33