by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)
Chanson de la pluie
Language: French (Français)
Coulez, gouttes fines, Le long des collines, En petits ruisseaux ; Coulez, sur la mousse Verdoyante et douce, Baignez les rameaux. Le vent vous entraîne Jusque dans la plaine, Qui répand au loin Une odeur de foin. Sous l'eau qui ruisselle En ruisseau mouvant La fleur étincelle Comme un diamant. Coulez, gouttes fines, Le long des collines, En petits ruisseaux ; Coulez, sur la mousse Verdoyante et douce, Baignez les rameaux.
Confirmed with Henri Granjard, Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique, Année 1973, Volume 14, numéro 3, page 356, in the article "Un libretto inconnu de l'opéra bouffe de I. S. Turgenev : Le dernier sorcier.
Text Authorship:
- by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883), Marthe's song from Scene 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Chanson de la pluie" [voice and piano], from the operetta Le dernier sorcier, Éd. Enoch & Cie, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 2 times]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Richard Pohl (1826 - 1896) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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