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Sous vos [longues]1 chevelures, petites fées, Vous chantâtes sur mon [sommeil]2 bien doucement, [Sous vos longues chevelures, petites fées,]3 Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement. Dans la forêt du charme et des merveilleux rites, Gnômes compatissants, pendant que je dormais, De votre main, honnêtes gnômes, vous m'offrites, Un sceptre d'or, hélas ! pendant que je dormais. J'ai su depuis ce temps, que c'est mirage et leurre Les sceptres d'or et les chansons dans la forêt ; Pourtant, comme un enfant crédule, je les pleure, Et je voudrais dormir encor dans la forêt. Qu'importe si je sais que c'est mirage et leurre !
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Chausson: "sombres"
2 Chausson: "chemin"
3 omitted by Chausson.
Authorship
- by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, appears in Les cantilènes, in 1. Funérailles, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1886 [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 Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Petites fées, honnêtes gnômes", published 1914, first performed 1902 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "La forêt charmée", 1891, published 1913, first performed 1904 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart Lerolle & Cie (Salabert) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement", op. 36 no. 2 (1898), from Deux Mélodies, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Emily Ezust) , "In the forest of charm and enchantment", copyright © 2020
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Word count: 104
Under your dark locks, little fairies, You sang along my path so gently, Under your dark locks, little fairies, In the forest of charm and enchantment. In the forest of charm and magnificent rites, O compassionate gnomes, while I slept From your hands you offered me, O honest gnomes, A scepter of gold, alas ! while I slept. Since that time I knew them to be mirages and tricks, Those scepters of gold and the songs of the forest; But like a naive child, I weep for them And would still like to sleep in the forest. What does it matter that I know them to be mirages and tricks!
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- Translation from French (Français) to French (Français) copyright © 2020 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in French (Français) by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, appears in Les cantilènes, in 1. Funérailles, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1886
This text was added to the website: 2020-12-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 110