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Voici que les grans lys ont vêtu leur blancheur : Sur les gazons tremblants l'aube étend sa fraîcheur ! -- C'est le printemps ! c'est le matin ! Double jeunesse. Ma mie, en s'éveillant, m'a dit : « Le beau soleil ! Le temps est donc venu que tout charme renaisse. Partout des chants ! Partout des fleurs ! Double réveil !» Mais le tièdeur de l'air la rendant moins farouche, Je me penchai vers elle et je posai ma bouche Sur son front et sur ses cheveux, double trésor !
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Text 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. 5 [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 Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Voici que les grans lys", 1893 [ soprano and piano ], from Sept mélodies d’Armand Silvestre, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Voici que les grans lys", op. 14 no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Poème d'avril, no. 3, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "Au Printemps" [ high voice and piano ], from Mignonne, no. 5, 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) , "Now the large lilies", 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.
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Word count: 81
Now the large lilies have dressed in white, and dawn spreads her freshness on the quivering lawn. It is spring! It is morning! A double time of youth! My darling, as she awoke, said: "What beautiful sunshine! The time has come when all charms are reborn. Songs everywhere! Flowers everywhere! A double awakening!" Since the warmth of the air was making her less coy, I leant over her and I placed my lips on her forehead and her hair - oh, double treasure!
Text Authorship:
- 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.
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. 5
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 82