Diana, Selena | Diana, Selena, moon of lovely metal

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by Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (1886 - 1914)

Translation © by Shawn Thuris

Diane, Séléné, lune de beau métal

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER

Diane, Séléné, lune de beau métal,
Qui reflète vers nous, par ta face déserte,
Dans l'immortel ennui du calme sidéral,
Le regret d'un soleil dont nous pleurons la perte.

Ô lune, je t'en veux de ta limpidité
Injurieuse au trouble vain des pauvres âmes,
Et mon cœur, toujours las et toujours agité,
Aspire vers la paix de ta nocturne flamme.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jean de La Ville de Mirmont, L’Horizon chimérique, Recueil posthume, Éd. Société Littéraire de France, 1920.

Text Authorship:

by Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (1886 - 1914), no title, written 1911-12, appears in L'horizon chimérique, no. 11, Éd. Société Littéraire de France, first published 1920 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Diane, Séléné", op. 118 no. 3 (1921), published 1922 [ baritone and piano ], from L'horizon chimérique, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Durand & Cie [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Diana, Selene", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , "Diana, Selena", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Diana, Selene", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 60

Diana, Selena

Language: English after the French (Français)

Diana, Selena, moon of lovely metal,
You reflect to us upon your desert face,
In the eternal boredom of the stars' quietude,
The regret of a sun whose loss we mourn.

O moon, I covet your clarity,
Insult to the vain turmoil of poor souls,
And my heart, ever weary and ever restless,
Aspires toward the peace of your nocturnal flame.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (1886 - 1914), no title, written 1911-12, appears in L'horizon chimérique, no. 11, Éd. Société Littéraire de France, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 61