Diana, Selene | Diana, Selene, Mond von schönem Metall

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

Translation © by Nele Gramß

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.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Fauré

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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

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Didier Pelat

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

Diana, Selene

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

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 Diana, Selene, Mond von schönem Metall,
 du reflektierst auf uns durch deine Wüstenseite
 in der unsterblichen Langeweile der Sternenruhe
 das Bedauern einer Sonne, deren Verlust wir beweinen.

 O Mond, ich nehme dir deine Klarheit übel,
 die beleidigend ist angesichts des nutzlosen Aufruhrs der armen Seelen,
 und mein immer müdes und immer getriebenes Herz
 sehnt sich nach dem Frieden deiner nächtlichen Flamme.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © by Nele Gramß, (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.

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: 62