Invocation | Remember! Beautiful stars

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by Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909)

Translation © by Amy Pfrimmer

Invocation

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Souvenez-vous ! Belles étoiles,
D'un soir où vous brilliez sans voiles
Dans la splendeur du firmament.
Souviens-toi, source cristalline,
Qui descendait de la colline
Avec un tendre bruissement

Souvenez-vous, souvenez-vous !
Belles étoiles

Souvenez-vous, battements d'ailes,
Qui cherchiez aux feuilles nouvelles
A suspendre un nid duveté.
Souviens-toi, nature embaumée,
Que la brise avait parfumée
Des doux soupirs du lis fermé

Souvenez-vous, souvenez-vous !
Battements d'ailes.

Souvenez-vous, flots purs de l'onde,
Oiseaux légers, forêts profondes
Nuit plus troublante que le jour,
De l'heure unique et solennelle 
Où je vous ai bénis près d'elle
Dans un premier baiser d'amour !

Text Authorship:

by Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909) [author's text not yet checked 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 Mel Bonis (1858 - 1937), "Invocation", op. posth. 5 (1887), published 2001 [ mezzo-soprano, soprano, or baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Invocation", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Christine Géliot

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-02
Line count: 22
Word count: 94

Invocation

Language: English after the French (Français)

Remember! Beautiful stars, 
An evening when you gleamed brilliantly
In the splendor of the heavens
Remember, crystalline spring,
Who descended down the hill
With a gentle rustling

Remember, remember!
Beautiful stars

Remember, the beating wings,
Who searched for new leaves
From which to suspend a feathered nest.
Remember, fragrant nature,
That the breeze perfumed
The sweet sighs of the still-closed lily

Remember, remember!
Wings beating.

Remember, pure rushing waves,
Weightless birds, deeply profound forests
Night more breathtaking than the day,
Of the unique and solemn hour 
Where I was blessed by joining her
In love’s first kiss!

Text Authorship:

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a text in French (Français) by Édouard Guinand (1838 - 1909)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-10
Line count: 22
Word count: 97