by Anna Elizabeth Mathieu, Comtesse de Noailles (1876 - 1933)
Le repos
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Le plaisir mystique et païen, L'amour, la beauté, le désir Ont fait plus de mal que de bien À mon âme qui s'en revient Lasse d'aimer et de souffrir. Allez, mon âme inassouvie, Dormir dans l'ombre le grand somme Ayant rêvé par triste envie La joie au delà de la vie Et l'amour au-dessus des hommes.
Text Authorship:
- by Anna Elizabeth Mathieu, Comtesse de Noailles (1876 - 1933), "Le repos", written 1901, appears in Le Cœur innombrable, Paris, Éd. Calmann-Lévy, first published 1901 [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 George Beach (c1893 - 1951), "Le repos", published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes Lyriques, no. 4, Paris, M. Senart (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Le repos", op. 60 no. 2 (1930), published 1946, first performed 1932 [ medium voice and harp or piano ], from Quatre Poèmes Grecs, no. 2, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Repose", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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