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Ô floraison divine du Lilas, Je te bénis, pour si peu que tu dures! Nos pauvres coeurs de souffrir étaient las. Enfin l'oubli guérit nos peines dures Enivrez-nous, fleurs, horizons, verdures! Le clair réveil du matin gracieux; Charme l'azur irradié des cieux; Mai fleurissant cache les blanches tombes, Tout éclairé de feux délicieux, Et l'air frémit, blanc des vols de colombes.
Authorship:
- by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Le lilas", appears in Les cariatides, in Les Caprices - en dizains à la manière de Clément Marot, no. 17, first published 1842 [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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Le lilas", L. 36/(22) (1882) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , "El lilà", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "I lillà", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 61
Oh floració divina del lilà, Jo et beneeixo, tot i poc durar! Nos pobres cors de sofrir eren lassos. A la fi l’oblit guareix nos desconsols. Embriagueu-nos, flors, horitzons, verdors! El clar deixondiment del matí graciós encisa l’atzur irradiat del cel; el maig en flor amaga les blanques tombes, tot aclarit de focs deliciosos, i l’aire fremeix, blanc del vol de coloms.
Versió cantable per a la cançó de Debussy.
Authorship:
- Singable translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Núria Colomer, (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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823 - 1891), "Le lilas", appears in Les cariatides, in Les Caprices - en dizains à la manière de Clément Marot, no. 17, first published 1842
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 62