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

Sylvie
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Elle est si belle, ma Sylvie,
Que les anges en sont jaloux.
L'amour sur sa lèvre ravie
Laissa son baiser le plus doux.

Ses yeux sont de grandes étoiles,
Sa bouche est faite de rubis,
Son âme est un zénith sans voiles,
Et son coeur est mon paradis.

Ses cheveux sont noirs comme l'ombre,
Sa voix plus douce que le miel,
Sa tristesse est une pénombre
Et son sourire un arc-en-ciel.

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), "Sylvie", op. 20 (1886) [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies de 1886, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura (Pranada) Sylvis) , "Sylvie", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Chelsea Green) , "Sylvie", 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: 71

Sylvie
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
She is so beautiful, my Sylvie,
That the angels are jealous of her.
Love on her ravishing lip,
Left its sweetest kiss.

Her eyes are huge stars.
Her mouth is made of rubies.
Her soul is a zenith without fog.
And her heart is my paradise.

Her hair is as black as shade.
Her voice is sweeter than honey.
Her sadness is the half-light at dusk.
And her smile is a rainbow.

Text Authorship:

  • 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: 72

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