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Lève-toi, voici l'aurore, Vois ces roses dans ma main. Toutes deux viennent d'éclore Sous les larmes du matin. Le printemps partout s'éveille, L'air est doux, plein de senteurs, A tes pieds la fleur vermeille Lentement répand ses pleurs. Voici l'heure! amant timide, J'accourus avant le jour, Et pour toi, dans l'herbe humide, J'ai cueilli ces fleurs d'amour. Viens près de celui qui t'aime T'enivrer de leur senteur! Viens, je veux poser moi-même Ces deux roses sur ton cœur.
Authorship:
- by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title, written 1847
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Les deux roses", VWV 1055 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies sur les Poésies Russes, no. 7, Éd. E. Gérard & Cie., also set in German (Deutsch), also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , "Zwei Rosen", appears in Russische Dichter ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Two roses", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 78
Arise, it is dawn; see these roses in my hand. Both of them are opening under the tears of morning. Spring everywhere awakens, the air is sweet, full of scents; at your feet the rosy flower slowly sheds its tears. This is the hour! timid lover, I ran up before day, and for you, in the wet grass, I have gathered these flowers of love. Come near to the one who loves you to become drunk with their scent! Come, I want to place, with my own hands, these two roses on your heart.
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2003 by John Glenn Paton, (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 Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title, written 1847
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 95