Sous l'eau du songe qui s'élève Mon âme a peur, mon âme a peur. Et la lune luit dans mon cœur Plongé dans les sources du rêve ! Sous l'ennui morne des roseaux. Seul [les reflets profonds]1 des choses, Des lys, des palmes et des roses Pleurent encore au fond des eaux. Les fleurs s'effeuillent une à une Sur le reflet du firmament. Pour descendre, éternellement [Dans]2 l'eau du songe et dans la lune.
First published in the revue La Pléiade, June 1886, and later in Serres Chaudes, 1889.
1 Boulanger: "le reflet profond"2 Boulanger: "Sous"
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Reflets", written 1886, appears in Serres chaudes, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1889 [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 Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Reflets", 1911, published 1911 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raoul Gradis (1861 - 1943), "Reflets" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Oboe Lee (b. 1945), "Reflets", 2020 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons de Maeterlinck, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos López Buchardo (1881 - 1948), "Reflets", 1916, first performed 1916 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Reflets" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luctor Ponse (1914 - 1998), "Reflets", 1940-41, published 1950 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Trois chants, no. 2, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947) ; composed by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bernard Miall) , first published 1915
- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "Reflections", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Franziska Heinzen) , "Widerspiegelungen", copyright © 2020, (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: 12
Word count: 73
Мне пучина ночных сновидений Так страшна, так страшна, страшна! Глубина сновидений полна, Как и сердце, луны отражений! Камыши там трепещут тоскливо Над немым отраженьем теней, Стройных пальм, роз и бледных лилей Тени плачут над влагой ленивой. Угасает закат отражённый, Опадают цветы без следа, Чтоб исчезнуть в воде полусонной Навсегда, навсегда!
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as Ellis [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Reflets", written 1886, appears in Serres chaudes, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1889
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Отсветы", op. 26 no. 3 (1908), published 1909 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Стихотворений из сборника Эллисъ «Иммортели» (10 Stikhotvorenij iz sbornika Ellis 'Immorteli') = 10 Poems from Ellis's Immortelles, no. 3, Berlin : Russischer Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 50