She came, she smiled, my beloved

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by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941)

Translation © by Lucy Fitz Gibbon

Elle est venue, elle a souri, la...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Elle est venue, elle a souri, la bien-aimée :
Elle a dit : « Que c’est mal ! » et m’a longtemps souri :
Son geste embaumait l’air comme un jardin fleuri,
Et la chambre s’en est lentement parfumée,
Et j’ai cru que la terre était montée aux cieux…
O bien-aimée ! Et puis, elle a fermé les yeux,
Comme d’autres, hélas, hélas, la bien-aimée.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Edmond Haraucourt, Seul, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1891, page 233.

Text Authorship:

by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), no title, written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891 [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 Adela Maddison (c1862 - 1929), "La bien-aimée", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes d'Edmond Haraucourt, no. 3, Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Lucy Fitz Gibbon) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-13
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Word count: 60

She came, she smiled, my beloved

Language: English after the French (Français)

She came, she smiled, my beloved.
She said, “How bad it is!” and smiled at me for a long time.
Her movement perfumed the air like a flowering garden,
And the room slowly became fragrant,
And I believed the earth was lifted to the heavens!
Oh, beloved! And then she closed her eyes,
Like the others, alas, alas, my beloved.

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Translation of titles
"Elle est venue" = "She came"
"La bien-aimée" = "The beloved"

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Edmond Haraucourt (1856 - 1941), no title, written 1891, appears in Seul, in 3. La possession, no. 13, Paris, Éd. Bibliothèque Charpentier, first published 1891
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-13
Line count: 7
Word count: 60