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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Le lys d'eau
Language: French (Français) 
Jeune fille au front de jade
Passe-moi sur ton bateau
Je veux, dit-il, des lys d’eau
Rame et chante une ballade !

Aya ! Aya !
Le lotus aime dans l’ombre
Le lys pâle du lac sombre
Sur lequel Foh l’oublia !

Le lys pâle que le jade
Dit le lotus sur les eaux
Entends-tu dans les roseaux
Notre amoureuse ballade ?

Aya ! Aya !
C’est Yomenli la brune
Qui soupire au clair de lune
Dans sa barque de thuya !

Jeune fille au front de jade
Arrête ici ton bateau
Adieu dit-il, beau lys d’eau
Je n’oublierai ta ballade !

Aya ! Aya !
Caressé par le flot sombre
Le lys blanc pleure dans l’ombre
Le lotus qui oublia !

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Charlotte Devéria, née Thomas (1856 - 1885), "Le lys d'eau", subtitle: "Air chinois" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 3ème recueil, no. 6, Éd. "Au Ménestrel", Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-05-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 110

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