by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)
Marie
Language: French (Français)
Ainsi, quand la fleur printanière, Dans les bois va s'épanouir, Au premier souffle du zéphyr Elle sourit avec mystère ; Et sa tige fraîche et légère, Sentant son calice s'ouvrir, Jusque dans le sein de la terre, Frémit de joie et de désir. Ainsi, quand ma douce Marie Entr'ouvre sa lévre chérie, Et lève, en chantant, ses yeux bleus, Dans l'harmonie et la lumière Son âme semble tout entière Monter en tremblant vers les cieux.
Confirmed with Alfred de Musset, Poésies nouvelles (1836-1852), Paris, Charpentier, 1857, page 209. Note: first published in Voyage où il vous plaira, 1843.
Text Authorship:
- by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Marie", subtitle: "Sonnet", written 1842, appears in Poésies nouvelles, first published 1843 [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 Louis Bonnet , "Marie", published c1880 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies pour chant et piano, 1er volume, no. 1, Éd. E. et A. Girod [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Julianus Marie) August De Boeck (1865 - 1937), "Marie", 1889 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Marie", op. 10 no. 2, published [1870] [ high voice and piano ], from 12 morceaux de chant, 3-ième série, no. 2, Éd. G. Flaxland [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kasimierz Lubomirski (1813 - 1871), "Marie", op. 52, published c1855 [ high voice and piano ], Warsaw, R. Friedlein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Marie", op. 72 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "Marie", op. 14 no. 8, published 1915 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies (Двадцать мелодий), no. 18, Moscow, Éd. P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Tessier (1851 - 1909), as Ernest Lavigne, "Marie" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Samuel Byrne) , "Marie"
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Word count: 74