by
Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Avec son chant doux et plaintif
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: CAT ENG
Avec son chant doux et plaintif,
Ce ramier blanc te fait envie.
S'il te plait l'avoir pour captif,
J'irai te le chercher, Sylvie.
Mais là, près de toi, dans mon sein,
Comme ce ramier mon cœur chante.
S'il t'en plaît faire le larcin,
Il sera mieux à toi, méchante !
Pour qu'il soit tel qu'un ramier blanc,
Le prisonnier que tu recèles,
Sur mon cœur, oiselet tremblant,
Pose tes mains comme deux ailes.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Poésies de Armand Silvestre, 1872-1878. La Chanson des Heures, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, page 176.
Text Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Pour une voix", written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 12. Madrigaux dans le goût ancien, no. 3, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878 [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 Édouard Cazaneuve (d. 1903), "Sylvie", subtitle: "Idylle-Pastorale", published [1879] [ high voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 6, Paris, Éd. H. Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Le Ramier", op. 87 no. 2 (1904), published 1904 [ medium voice and piano ], The Gramophone Company [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Le ramier", op. 52 no. 1 (1994), published 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Armand Silvestre, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The ring-dove", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
The ring‑dove
Language: English after the French (Français)
With its soft plaintive song
this white dove takes your fancy.
If you would like it as your captive,
Sylvie, I will fetch it for you.
But close to you here in my breast
my heart sings like that dove.
If you would like to steal it,
wicked girl, it will be better off as yours.
To make it your prisoner
like a white dove you keep for yourself,
just place your hands like two wings
on my heart, this trembling little bird.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Pour une voix", written 1878, appears in La chanson des heures, poésies nouvelles 1874-1878, in 6. Vers pour être chantés, in 12. Madrigaux dans le goût ancien, no. 3, Paris, Éd. G. Charpentier, first published 1878
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 84