by
Charles Fuster (1866 - 1929)
Infini !
Language: French (Français)
Poursuivis par le même rêve,
Fatigués de vie et de bruit,
Nous nous en allions sur la grève,
Parmi les languers de la nuit.
Le cœur troublé, les mains brûlantes,
Nous écoutions ces cries amers
Et les vagues lourdes et lentes
Nous disaient l’infini des mers.
La brise pleurait dans les branches ;
Nous regardions, silencieux, -
Et, là-haut, les étoiles blanches
Nous disaient l’infini des cieux.
Et tes yeux, pleins de douces ombres
Qu’illuminait l’amour vainqueur,
Tes grands yeux chauds, tes grands yeux sombres
Me disaient l’infini du cœur.
Et tout, les vagues en demence,
Les étoiles dans le ciel bleu
L’immense mer, l’amour immense,
Nous disait l’infini de Dieu.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "Infini !", 1895?, published 1905 [ medium voice, piano, violin ad libitum ], Éd. Enoch [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aimée de Valbranca , "Infini", <<1921 [ high voice and piano ], Nice, Éd. Delrieu Frères [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Infinity!", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Infinity!
Language: English after the French (Français)
In search of the same dream,
Tired of life and noise
We were walking on the beach
In the languorous night.
The heart troubled, the hands burning,
We listened to those bitter cries
And the heavy, slow waves
Told us of the infinity of seas.
The breeze was crying in the branches.
We watched, silently -
And up above, the white stars
Told us of the infinity of the heavens.
And your eyes full of soft shadows
That were illuminated by victorious love,
Your large warm eyes
Told me of the infinity of the heart.
And all the monotonous waves,
The stars in the blue sky,
The immense sea, immense love,
Told us of the infinity of God.
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