Anniversary | The poet sleeps

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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Translation © by David Bamberger

Le poète dort : l'oiseau chante

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Le poète dort : l'oiseau chante.
Mais, près du poète endormi,
La voix de l'oiseau, plus touchante,
Garde quelque chose d'ami.

Le poète est mort : la fleur brille.
Mais, près du poète, la fleur, 
Dans la goutte d'eau qui scintille,
Garde quelques chose d'un pleur.

Le poète attend : l'aube veille,
Qui, du ciel penchant les sommets,
Lui porte, de sa main vermeille,
Le laurier qui ne meurt jamais !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, Le Pays des Roses, Paris, Charpentier, 1882, pages 19-20.

Text Authorship:

by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Devant la Maison de Théophile Gautier", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 1. Impressions et souvenirs, no. 9, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1882 [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Anniversaire", 1880, published 1881? [ medium voice and piano ], G. Hatmann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (David Bamberger) , "Anniversary", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-27
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Word count: 67

Anniversary

Language: English after the French (Français)

The poet sleeps;
The bird sings;
But near the sleeping poet,
The voice of the bird, more touching [than before],
Keeps something of a friend.
The poet is dead:
The flower shines;
But, near the poet
The flower in a drop of water which sparkles
Keeps something of a tear.
The poet waits: dawn awakes,
[Dawn] which, leaning from the sky to the mountain tops,
Carries to him in her rosy hand
The laurel which never dies.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Devant la Maison de Théophile Gautier", appears in Le Pays de Roses, poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, in 1. Impressions et souvenirs, no. 9, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1882
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 77