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Tes yeux sont doux comme ceux d'une fille, Jeune étranger, Et la courbe fine De ton beau visage de duvet ombragé Est plus séduisante encor de ligne. Ta lèvre chante sur le pas de ma porte Une langue inconnue et charmante Comme une musique fausse. Entre! Et que mon vin te réconforte... Mais non, tu passes Et de mon seuil je te vois t'éloigner Me faisant un dernier geste avec grâce Et la hanche légèrement ployée Par ta démarche féminine et lasse...
Authorship
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade [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 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "L'Indifférent", published 1903 [soprano or tenor and orchestra], from Shéhérazade, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , title 1: "The indifferent one", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Der Gleichgültige", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "L’indiferent", copyright © 2016, (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: 14
Word count: 82
Els teus ulls són dolços com els d’una noia, jove estranger, i la fina corba del teu bell rostre, ombrejat de pèl moixí, és més seductor encara de perfil. Els teus llavis canten al llindar de la meva porta un llenguatge desconegut i encisador, com una falsa música. Entra! i que el meu vi et reconforti... Però no, tu passes de llarg, i des del meu llindar veig com t’allunyes fent-me un darrer gest amb gràcia i el maluc lleugerament arquejat per el teu caminar femení i las...
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- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2016 by Salvador Pila, (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 Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade
This text was added to the website: 2016-04-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 88