by Auguste, Comte de Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1838 - 1889)
Les Présents
Language: French (Français)
Si tu me parles, quelque soir, Du secret de mon cœur malade, Je te dirai, pour t'émouvoir, Une très ancienne ballade. Si tu me parles de tourment, D'espérance désabusée, J'irai te cueillir, seulement, Des roses pleines de rosée. Si, pareille à la fleur des morts Qui se plaît dans l'exil des tombes, Tu veux partager mes remords... Je t'apporterai des colombes.
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Confirmed with Comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Contes cruels, Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1883, pages 303-304.
Text Authorship:
- by Auguste, Comte de Villiers de L'isle-Adam (1838 - 1889), "Les Présents", appears in Contes cruels, in Conte d'Amour, no. 3 [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 Bernard-Louis Crocé-Spinelli (1871 - 1932), "Les Présents", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Éditions 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Les Présents", op. 46 no. 1 (1886), published 1888 [ medium voice and piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georges Flé , "Les Présents", published 1898 [ high voice and piano ], from Poésies mises en musique, no. 6, Édition du Mercure de France [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Montfort (d. 1941), "Les Présents", published 1912 [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Cavel Frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Les Présents", op. 74 no. 7 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, A. Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els presents", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Presents", copyright © 2003
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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