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Les étoiles effarouchées Viennent de s'envoler des cieux : J'en sais deux qui se sont cachées, Mignonne, dans vos jolis yeux, A l'ombre de vos cils soyeux Et sous vos paupières penchées : Attendez! -- mes baisers joyeux Les auront bientôt dénichées ! Vous feignez de dormir encor : Éveillez-vous, mon doux trésor ! L'aube pleure sous les feuillées, Le ciel désert est plein d'ennui. -- Ouvrez les yeux et rendez-lui Les deux étoiles envolées !
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First published in Rimes neuves et vieilles, Paris, Éd. E. Dentu, 1866.
Authorship:
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 4, first published 1875 [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 Gaston Berardi (1849 - 1926), "Sonnet-Aubade", published [1897] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. “Au Ménestrel” Henri Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Les étoiles effarouchées" [ soprano and piano ], from Sept mélodies d’Armand Silvestre, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Victor Loret (1859 - 1946), "Mignonne", op. 91 (1885), published 1885 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Loret Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Sonnet matinal", op. 14 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Poème d'avril, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "Deux Étoiles" [ medium voice and piano ], from Mignonne, no. 4, Bruxelles, Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jules Massenet.
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Morning sonnet", copyright © 2002, (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: 14
Word count: 74
The frightened stars have just flown from the sky. And I know two of them which hid, darling, in your pretty eyes, shaded by your silky eyebrows under your lowered lids. Wait! my joyful kisses will soon have ferreted them out! You pretend to be still asleep. Wake up, my treasure, my sweet! - The dawn is weeping under the leaves. The empty sky is full of boredom. - Oh, open your eyes and restore to it those two stars that flew away!
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2002 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 Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), no title, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 4, first published 1875
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 83