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Fleurs qu'adore La beauté, Ciel que dore La gaîté, [Hors la ville, Frais asile, Mer tranquille]1, C'est l'été ! Lune pleine, Mer qui luit, Tiède haleine Qui la suit. Sous la treille, Douce veille, Sans pareille : C'est la nuit ! Feu qui dore Tout séjour Et dévore Chaque jour, Deuil et fête, Dans la tête Du poète : C'est l'amour !
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Joseph Méry, Mélodies poétiques, Paris, Victor Lecou, 1853, pages 60-61.
1 Meyerbeer:Loin des villes Frais asiles, Flots tranquilles
Authorship
- by François Joseph Pierre André Méry (1798 - 1865), "Trinité du poète", appears in Mélodies poétiques [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 Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Sicilienne", c1845. [voice and piano] [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Sicilienne", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Low [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-05-31
Line count: 24
Word count: 62
Flowers adored by beauty, a sky gilded by gaiety. Far from towns, cool refuges and calm waters – that is summer. A full moon, a shining sea, a warm breeze moving along it. Under the trellis, a late evening, gentle and unmatched - that is night. A fire gilding every place and consuming every day. Grief and joy in the mind of the poet – that is love.
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Translation of title "Sicilienne" = "Pastoral song"Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2017 by Peter Low, (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 François Joseph Pierre André Méry (1798 - 1865), "Trinité du poète", appears in Mélodies poétiques
This text was added to the website: 2017-06-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 68