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by J. P. (José María Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel) Contamine de Latour
Translation © by Chelsea Green

Les anges
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Vêtus de blancs, dans l'azur clair,
Laissant déployer leurs longs voiles,
Les anges planent dans l'éther,
Lys flottants parmi les étoiles.

Les luths frissonnent sous leurs doigts,
Luths à la divine harmonie.
Comme un encens montent leurs voix,
Calmes, sous la voûte infinie.

En bas, gronde le flot amer;
La nuit partout étend ses voiles,
Les anges planent dans l'éther,
Lys flottants parmi les étoiles.

Text Authorship:

  • by J. P. (José María Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel) Contamine de Latour  [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 Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "Les anges", op. 20 (1886) [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies de 1886, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Chelsea Green) , "The angels", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

The angels
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
Dressed in white, in the blue sky,
They extend their long veils.
The angels glide in the ether,
Lilies floating among the stars.

Lutes quiver under their fingers,
Lutes of divine harmony.
Like incense their voices rise,
Calm, under the infinite vault.

Below, the bitter wave roars;
The night spreads its veils too.
The angels glide in the ether,
Lilies floating among the stars.

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  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2006 by Chelsea Green, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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  • a text in French (Français) by J. P. (José María Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel) Contamine de Latour
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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