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by Amaru (flourished between the 6th and 8th centuries)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Roudra
Language: French (Français)  after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) 
Sous l’étang paisible et blanc de ta poitrine,
Ton cœur est un lotus parfumé.

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), appears in L'amour fardé, traduit du sanscrit, Paris, Éd. Flammarion, first published 1927 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Amaru (flourished between the 6th and 8th centuries), appears in अमरुशतक (Amaruśataka) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Armande de Polignac (1876 - 1962), "Roudra", published 1919, first performed 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from L'amour fardé, suite miniature de six mélodies sur des poèmes de Franz Toussaint, no. 6, Genève, Éd. Ad. Henn [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps

This text was added to the website: 2022-02-11
Line count: 2
Word count: 14

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