She is solemnly gay | She is solemnly gay. Sometimes she looked up

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by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Elle est gravement gaie. Par moments son...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Elle est gravement gaie. Par moments son regard
se levait comme pour surprendre ma pensée.
Elle était douce alors comme quand il est tard
le velours jaune et bleu d'une allée de pensées.

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Text Authorship:

by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 4, first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Elle est gravement gaie", 1999 [ high voice, flute, and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Elle est gravement gaie", 1914, published 1919 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Clairières dans le ciel, no. 2, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Elle est gravement gaie", op. 355 no. 5 (1956), published 1957 [ baritone and piano ], from Tristesses, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "She is solemnly gay", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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She is solemnly gay

Language: English after the French (Français)

She is solemnly gay. Sometimes she looked up 
as if to see what I was thinking. 
She was as soft as the yellow and blue velvet 
of a lane of pansies late at night.

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a text in French (Français) by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938), no title, appears in Clairières dans le ciel, in Tristesses, no. 4, first published 1906
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 34