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by Abel de Montferrier

La japonaise
Language: French (Français) 
La Japonaise aux yeux d'ébène,
La délicate Fleur-de-Thé,
Noble comme une déité,
Sort de sa tour de porcelaine.

Tous les poëtes ont vanté
Sa grâce exquise et souveraine,
Et le parfum de son haleine
L'a fait nommer Fleur de Beauté.

D'un pas léger, rythmique et doux,
Elle se va parmi ses bambous
Et les arrose avec tendresse ...

Sans entendre son jeune cœur
Vibrer au coup d'aile vainqueur
De l'oiseau vleu qui la caresse.

Text Authorship:

  • by Abel de Montferrier  [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 Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato (1827 - 1892), "La japonaise" [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Livre des Sonnets, no. 14, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "La Japonaise", VWV 1130 (1884-1892) [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies suivies d'un duo pour 2 voix égales, no. 4, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 73

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