by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
Les filles aux yeux bandés
Language: French (Français)
Les filles aux yeux bandés
(Ôtez les bandeaux d'or)
Les filles aux yeux bandés
Cherchent leurs destinées...
Ont ouvert à midi,
(Gardez les bandeaux d'or)
Ont ouvert à midi,
Le palais des prairies...
Ont salué la vie,
(Serrez les bandeaux d'or)
Ont salué la vie,
Et ne sont point sorties...
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Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), no title, written 1896-1900, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1873 - 1936) , Jena, E. Diederichs, first published 1906 ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
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