by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval
Belle épousée
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Belle épousée J'aime tes pleurs! C'est la rosée Qui sied aux fleurs. Les belles choses N'ont qu'un printemps, Semons de roses Les pas du Temps! Soit brune ou blonde Faut-il choisir? Le Dieu du monde, C'est le Plaisir.
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Text Authorship:
- by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, "Chanson gothique", written 1849 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Chanson gothique", 1925, published 1925 [medium voice and piano], from Cinq Poèmes de Gérard de Nerval, no. 2, Paris, Heugel [text verified 1 time]
- by Armand-Marie Ghislain Limnander van Nieuwenhove, Baron (1814 - 1892), "Belle épousée
", 1849 [voice and orchestra], from the opera [selections] Les Monténégrins, Act II, Scene 5 [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , title 1: "Gothic song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 38