by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Va, chanson, à tire d'aile au devant...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Va, chanson, à tire d'aile au devant d'elle, Et dis lui bien que dans mon coeur fidèle Un rayon joyeux a lui et que voici le grand jour! Entendez-vous longtemps muette Et craintive, la gaîté, Comme une vive alouette, Dans le ciel clair a chanté, Va donc, chanson ingénue, Et, que sans nul regret vain Elle soit la bienvenue. Celle qui revient enfin!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 12, first published 1870 [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 Théotiste-Catule-Jérôme Carlin (1903 - 1952), "La bonne chanson", published 1943 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Théo-Carlin [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Va, chanson", op. 24 no. 4 (1900-1), published 1901-2 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes de La bonne chanson, no. 4, Paris, L. Philippo [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pavel Ivanovich Kovalev (1889 - 1951), "Va, chanson", op. 19 no. 4, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Six chansons sur des poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 4, Moscow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Lamy , "Va, chanson", [1950] [ voice and piano ], from Bienvenue, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Vreuls (1876 - 1944), "Va, chanson, à tire d'aile", 1902, published 1905 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Triptyque, no. 2, Bruxelles, Breitkopf & Härtel, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) ; composed by Victor Vreuls.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Fly, song", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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