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by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Sous vos longues chevelures, petites...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Sous vos [longues]1 chevelures, petites fées,
Vous chantâtes sur mon [sommeil]2 bien doucement,
[Sous vos longues chevelures, petites fées,]3
Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement.

Dans la forêt du charme et des merveilleux rites,
Gnômes compatissants, pendant que je dormais,
De votre main, honnêtes gnômes, vous m'offrîtes,
Un sceptre d'or, hélas ! pendant que je dormais.

J'ai su depuis ce temps, que c'est mirage et leurre
Les sceptres d'or et les chansons dans la forêt ;
Pourtant, comme un enfant crédule, je les pleure, 
Et je voudrais dormir encore dans la forêt.

Qu'importe si je sais que c'est mirage et leurre !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Chausson 

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1 Chausson: "sombres"
2 Chausson: "chemin"
3 omitted by Chausson.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, appears in Les cantilènes, in 1. Funérailles, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1886 [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 Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Petites fées, honnêtes gnômes", published 1914, first performed 1902 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "La forêt charmée", 1891, published 1913, first performed 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart Lerolle & Cie (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement", op. 36 no. 2 (1898), from Deux Mélodies, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 104

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