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Elle a passé, la jeune fille Vive et preste comme un oiseau: À la main une fleur qui brille, À la bouche un refrain nouveau. C'est peut-être la seule au monde Dont le coeur au mien répondrait, Qui venant dans ma nuit profonde D'un seul regard l'éclairerait! Mais non, - ma jeunesse est finie... Adieu, doux rayon qui m'as lui, - Parfum, jeune fille, harmonie... Le bonheur passait, - il a fui!
Authorship
- by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, "Une allée du Luxembourg", written 1832-35, appears in Odelettes rythmiques et lyriques [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), "Une allée du Luxembourg", 1925, published 1925 [medium voice and piano], from Cinq Poèmes de Gérard de Nerval, no. 5, Paris, Heugel [text verified 1 time]
- by John Corigliano (b. 1938), "Une allée du Luxembourg", from Petit Fours (A Song Cyclette), no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , title 1: "An alley in the Luxembourg Gardens", 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: 12
Word count: 72
She passed, the girl as lively and swift as a bird: In her hand a brilliant flower, In her mouth a new refrain. Perhaps she's the only one in the world, Whose heart would respond to mine, Who, approaching in my deep night, Would light it with a single look. But no, - my youth is finished... Adieu, gentle beam which enlightened me... Perfume, girl, harmony... Happiness has passed, - it has fled!
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- 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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, "Une allée du Luxembourg", written 1832-35, appears in Odelettes rythmiques et lyriques
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74