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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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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 against a primary source]
- 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 against a primary source]
- by Marcel Lamy , "Va, chanson", [1950] [voice and piano], from Bienvenue, no. 8 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877 - 1944) ENG ; composed by Victor Vreuls.
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Fly, song", copyright © 2001, (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: 11
Word count: 63
Fly, song, wing your way to her and tell her that in my faithful heart a joyous ray shines forth and day is come! Do you hear how gaiety, so long silent and afraid, sings like a lark in the clear sky? Fly, innocent song! There are no vain regrets, and she is welcome after her long absence.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Faith J. Cormier, (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 Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 12, first published 1870
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 59