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Où sont nos amoureuses? Elles sont au tombeau. Elles sont plus heureuses, Dans un séjour plus beau ! Elles sont près des anges, Dans le fond du ciel bleu, Et chantent les louanges De la mère de Dieu ! Ô blanche fiancée ! Ô jeune vierge en fleur ! Amante délaissée, Que flétrit la douleur ! L'éternité profonde Souriait dans vos yeux : Flambeaux éteints du monde, Rallumez-vous aux cieux !
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Note for stanza 4 line 2: in Pénavaire's setting, the first voice has "Souriait dans vos yeux" but the 2nd and 3rd voices have "Souriait tristement dans vos yeux".
Text Authorship:
- by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, "Les Cydalises", written 1832-35, appears in Petits Châteaux de Bohême, in Odelettes, first published 1853 [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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Les Cydalises", 1925, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes de Gérard de Nerval, no. 3, Paris, Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edgar Cosma (1925 - 2006), "Les Cydalises", copyright © 1985 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Chansons en zigzag, no. 3, Lyon, À cœur joie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov (1929 - 1996), "Dans le fond du ciel bleu", 1989 [ tenor, flute, and piano ], from Four Poems by Gérard de Nerval, no. 3, Sikorski [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean-Grégoire Pénavaire (1838 - 1906), "Les Cydalises" [ vocal trio (soprano, tenor, bass) and organ or piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , "The Cydalises", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 64
Where are our sweethearts? They are in the grave: They are happier In a more beautiful place. They are near the angels, In the depths of the blue sky, And they sing the praises Of the mother of God. O white fiancee! O young virgin in flower! Abandoned lover, Faded by pain! Deep eternity Smiled in your eyes... Relight the quenched torches of the world in Heaven.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by David Jonathan Justman, (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.
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, "Les Cydalises", written 1832-35, appears in Petits Châteaux de Bohême, in Odelettes, first published 1853
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 68