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Pour que je t'aime, ô mon poëte, Ne fais pas fuir par trop d'ardeur Mon amour, colombe inquiète, Au ciel rose de la pudeur. L'oiseau qui marche dans l'allée S'effraye et part au moindre bruit ; Ma passion est chose ailée Et s'envole quand on la suit. Muet comme l'Hermès de marbre, Sous la charmille pose-toi ; Tu verras bientôt de son arbre L'oiseau descendre sans effroi. Tes tempes sentiront près d'elles, Avec des souffles de fraîcheur, Une palpitation d'ailes Dans un tourbillon de blancheur ; Et la colombe apprivoisée Sur ton épaule s'abattra, Et son bec à pointe rosée De ton baiser s'enivrera.
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Authorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Odelette anacréontique", appears in Émaux et Camées [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 Jean-Marc Déhan (1929 - 2009), "La colombe", <<1989 [ baritone and piano ], from Mélodies, 2ème série, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Ehrhart (1857 - 1949), "Odelette anacréontique", op. 47 no. 2 (1887) [ high voice and piano ], from Deux Odelettes pour chant et piano, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "La colombe apprivois&eaute;e - Odelette", 1896 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand-Gustave Halphen (1872 - 1917), "Odelette", 1897, published 1906, from Dix mélodies, deuxième recueil, no. 4, Éd. Société Musicale G. Astruc [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Hillemacher (1860 - 1909) and by Paul Hillemacher (1852 - 1933), "La colombe apprivoisée", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Mélodies pour piano et chant, no. 5, Paris, Éd. A. Joanin & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julien Naudy , "Odelette anacréontique", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2, Éd. Maurice Vieu et Jane Vieu [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre Renauld (1883 - 1971), "Odelette anacréontique", 1931 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 101
If you want me to love you, oh my poet do not by too much ardour cause my love - an anxious dove - to flee into the pink sky of modesty. The bird that walks in the lane takes fright and flees at the slightest noise. My passion is a winged creature that flies away when pursued. Sit silent like a marble Hermes underneath the bower, and soon you'll see the bird descend without fear from its tree. Your temples will feel the breath of fresh air passing close, a palpitation of wings in a whirlwind of whiteness, and the tamed dove will swoop down onto your shoulder, and its pink-tipped beak will be intoxicated by your kiss.
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- a text in French (Français) by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), "Odelette anacréontique", appears in Émaux et Camées
This text was added to the website: 2022-07-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 119