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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!
Authorship
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901) [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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Anniversaire", 1880, published 1881. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (David Bamberger) , title 1: "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
Line count: 14
Word count: 67
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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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by David Bamberger, (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 Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 77