Je veux chanter ici la dame de mes songes Qui m'exalte au-dessus de ce siècle de boue. Son coeur de diamant est vierge de mensonges La rose s'obscurcit au regard de sa joue. Pour elle j'ai tenté les hautes aventures : Mon bras a délivré la princesse en servage, J'ai vaincu l'enchanteur, confondu les parjures Et ployé l'univers à lui rendre l'hommage. Dame par qui je vais, seul dessus cette terre, Qui ne soit prisonnier de la fausse apparence. Je soutiens contre tout chevalier téméraire Votre éclat non pareil et votre précellence.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973) [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 Jacques François Antoine Ibert (1890 - 1962), "Chanson du Duc", 1931, from Chansons de Don Quichotte, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the Duke", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Daina hercogui", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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