by
Louise Perny (d. 1918), as Pierre Reyniel
Portrait
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Son nom m'est doux comme le miel,
Elle est blonde comme une fée,
Ses yeux sont faits d'un coin de ciel;
L'ai-je vue ou l'ai-je rêvée?
Elle semble un lys frêle et doux,
Elle en a la mélancolie
Et la grace; connaissez-vous
Celle-là qui fait ma folie?
Sa voix contient le miel des fleurs,
Elle est irréelle et profonde,
Et je bois toutes les douleurs,
Dans sa voix de sirène blonde.
Son regard me frôle souvent,
Mais cependant elle m'ignore,
Elle passe et mon cœur fervent
Vole sur sa trace et l’adore.
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- ENG English (Geneviève Usher) , "Portrait (A sung waltz)", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 92
Portrait (A sung waltz)
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Her name is as sweet as honey to me,
She is as fair-haired as a fairy,
Her eyes are made from a corner of sky;
Have I seen her or I am dreaming?
She is like a fragile, sweet lily,
She is melancholic
and graceful; do you know
the one who I am mad about?
Her voice is nectar,
unreal and deep,
And I drink all the suffering
in this fair-haired, mermaid’s voice.
Her gaze often brushes lightly over me,
Nevertheless she is unaware of me,
She goes past and my ardent heart
flies after her and I adore her.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Geneviève Usher, (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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Louise Perny (d. 1918), as Pierre Reyniel
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 100