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by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885)

La Feuille de peuplier
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Feuille mobile et tremblante,
Sur ta tige vacillante
N'es-tu jamais en repos?
On dirait qu'un vent de bise
T'agite, à la moindre brise
Qui se glisse dans les rameaux.

Comme à la harpe d'Eole,
Chaque zéphir qui s'envole
Te ravit de tristes bruits;
Quand sommeille la nature 
J'entends en cor ton murmure
Dans le silence des nuits.

Quand donc ta branche flexible
Te verra-t-elle paisible?
Quand donc se taira ta voix?
Quand de ma tige arrachée 
J'irai sur l'herbe séchée
Rejoindre mes soeurs des bois!

Text Authorship:

  • by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885), "La Feuille de peuplier" [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 Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "La Feuille de peuplier", 1853, published 1854 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "杨叶", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "The poplar leaf", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 18
Word count: 85

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