by
Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Une Sainte en son auréole
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG ENG
Une Sainte en son auréole,
Une Châtelaine en sa tour,
Tout ce que contient la parole
Humaine de grâce et d'amour.
La note d'or que fait entendre
[Un cor dans le lointain des bois]1 des bois,
Mariée à la fierté tendre
Des nobles Dames d'autrefois;
Avec cela le charme insigne
D'un frais sourire triomphant
Éclos [de]2 candeurs de cygne
Et des rougeurs de femme-enfant;
Des aspects nacrés, blancs et roses,
Un doux accord patricien:
Je vois, j'entends toutes ces choses
Dans son nom Carlovingien.
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1 Fauré: "Le cor dans les lointains"
2 Fauré: "dans les"
Note: Verlaine's young fiancee was named Mathilde, a name of Germanic origin. The Germanic dynasty known as the Carolingian included Charlemagne, and is closely associated with a great artistic flowering.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Una santa en la seva aurèola", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , "A saint within her halo", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "A saint enhaloed", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 84
A saint within her halo
Language: English  after the French (Français)
A saint within her halo,
A lady in her tower,
All that human speech contains
Of grace and of love.
The golden note by which one hears
The horn in the depths of the woods,
Married to the tender pride
Of the noble ladies of the past;
With this emblematic charm:
A fresh, triumphant smile,
Revealed with the candor of a swan
And the blush of a woman-child,
Of pearly appearance, white and pink;
A gentle aristocratic harmony.
I see, I hear all these things
In your Carolingian name.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
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Word count: 89