Farewell | Dizziness beneath your veils

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by Auguste, Comte de Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1838 - 1889)

Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer

Adieu

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Un vertige épars sous tes voiles
Tentant mon front vers tes bras nus !
Adieu, toi, par qui je connus
L’angoisse des nuits sans étoiles !

Et quoi ! Ton nom me fit pâlir !
Aujourd’hui sans désirs ni craintes,
Dans l’ennui vil de tes étreintes
Je ne veux plus m’ensevelir !

Je respirire le vent de grèves,
Je suis heureux loin de ton seuil,
Et tes cheveux couleur de deuil
Ne font plus d’ombre sur mes rêves !

Text Authorship:

by Auguste, Comte de Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1838 - 1889), "Adieu", written 1883, appears in Contes cruels, in Conte d'Amour, no. 6 [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 Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897), "Adieu", op. 26 no. 3 (1896), published 1896 [ high voice and piano ], from Conte d’Amour, no. 3, Édition Baudoux [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Adieu", op. 26 no. 3 (1903), published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Pégat [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Farewell", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 73

Farewell

Language: English after the French (Français)

Dizziness beneath your veils
Tempts my brow into your bare arms!
Farewell, you, from whom I know 
The anguish of starless nights! 

And what! Your name made me pale! 
Today without desires or fears, 
I want to be hidden no more
In the vile langour of your embraces!

I breathe the air of the shores, 
I am happy far from your doorstep, 
And your hair the color of mourning
No longer makes shadows over my dreams.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Auguste, Comte de Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1838 - 1889), "Adieu", written 1883, appears in Contes cruels, in Conte d'Amour, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2020-02-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 76