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Oh ! Écoute la symphonie ; Rien n'est doux comme une agonie Dans la musique indéfinie Qu'exhale un lointain vaporeux ; D'une langueur la nuit s'enivre, Et notre cœur qu'elle délivre Du monotone effort de vivre Se meurt d'un trépas langoureux. Glissons entre le ciel et l'onde, Glissons sous la lune profonde ; Toute mon âme, loin du monde, S'est réfugiée en tes yeux, Et je regarde tes prunelles Se pâmer sous les chanterelles, Comme deux fleurs surnaturelles Sous un rayon mélodieux. Oh ! écoute la symphonie ; Rien n'est doux comme l'agonie De la lèvre à la lèvre unie Dans la musique indéfinie...
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Authorship:
- by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Musique sur l'eau", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [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 Albert Bertelin (1872 - 1951), "Musique sur l'eau", published [1903] [ voice and piano ], from Dix Poésies tirées du Jardin de l'Infante de A. Samain, no. 5, Paris, Éd. E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Chansarel (1864 - 1945), "Écoute la symphonie", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze poëmes chantés, no. 3, Éd. E. Demets (Max Eschig) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (François-Clément) Théodore Dubois (1837 - 1924), "Écoute la Symphonie", published 1905 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Musiques sur l'eau, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Musique sur l'eau", 1914, published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], from Au Jardin de l'Infante, no. 6, Heugel et Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Iberê de Lemos (1901 - 1967), "Musique sur l'eau", op. 7 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard Nordi (flourished c1907), "Musique sur l'eau", 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes (Albert Samain), no. 3, Bruxelles, Éd. Fernand Lauweryns [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Poirson , "Musique sur l'eau", op. 1 no. 11, published [1907] [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons de poètes, no. 11, Éd. A.Z. Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Musique sur l'eau", op. 33 (1898), published 1913 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], Paris: Albert Zunz Mathot [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 104
Oh, listen to the symphony - nothing is as sweet as an agony evoked by the indefinite music that a hazy distance exhales. Night becomes drunk with languor, and our hearts, which she delivers from the monotonous effort of living, expire in a languorous death. Let us slide between sky and ocean, let us slide under the deep moon. All my soul, far from the world has taken refuge in your eyes, and I watch those eyes of yours enraptured by the soaring violins like two supernatural flowers in a melodious ray of light. Oh, listen to the symphony; nothing is as sweet as the agony of lips joined to lips to the sound of indefinite music.
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Translation of title "Musique sur l'eau" = "Music on the water"Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2022 by Peter Low, (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 Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Musique sur l'eau", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897
This text was added to the website: 2022-05-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 117