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La fée des neiges m’est apparue : Oh ! quelle blanche vision ! Si blanche qu’on la voit à peine, Je l’ai vue ! Près des précipices sans fond, A mes yeux elle s’est dressée ; Des flacons blancs lui faisaient cortège, Mais elle était plus blanche Que la neige immaculéee ! Et sa voix m’a parlé : “J’ai pitié de ta souffrance, Et veux t’épargner la désespérance Que t’apporterait un amour blessé ; Fuis celle que ton rêve implore, Fuis s’il en est temps encore, Fuis sans attendre une nouvelle aurore, Et demain sois loin de sa route ! Tu crois qu’elle peut aimer ? Écoute: J’ai pris son cœur Et j’ai mis pour le remplacer La neige la plus froide de mes glaciers !"
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "Cœur de neige", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 1 [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 Hermann Bemberg (1861 - 1931), "Cœur de neige", subtitle: "Légende", 1903?, published 1905 [ high voice and piano ], from Frissons, no. 1, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cor de neu", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 116
La Fada de les Neus se’m va aparèixer: Oh! Quina visió més blanca! Tan blanca que gairebé no era visible, Però la vaig veure! A prop dels precipicis sense fons, Es va alçar davant dels meus ulls; Flascons blancs formaven el seu seguici, Però ella era més blanca Que la neu immaculada! I la seva veu em va parlar: «Em compadeixo del teu patiment, I vull estalviar-te la desesperació Que t'aportaria un amor ferit; Fuig de la qui el teu somni implora, Fuig si encara hi ha temps, Fuig sense esperar una nova albada, I demà sigues lluny del seu camí! Creus que ella és capaç d'estimar? Escolta: li he pres el seu cor I en el seu lloc hi he posat La neu més freda dels meves geleres!”
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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 Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "Cœur de neige", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 129