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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
Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 91
Here let me sing the lady of my dreams, who raises me above this muddy century. Her diamond heart has never known a lie. The rose hides itself at the sight of her cheek. It is for her that I attempted high adventures. My arm freed the princess from servitude. I defeated the enchanter and confused the forsworn. I bent the universe to pay her homage. Lady for whom I roam alone on this earth, the only one not a prisoner of false appearances, I maintain before any foolhardy knight your peerless brilliance and excellence.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Faith J. Cormier, (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.
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 95