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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)
Translation © by Laura L. Nagle
Sur la luzerne en fleur assise
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Sur la luzerne en fleur assise, Qui chante dès le frais matin ? C'est la fille aux cheveux de lin, La belle aux lèvres de cerise. L'amour, au clair soleil d'été, Avec l'alouette a chanté. Ta bouche a des couleurs divines, Ma chère, et tente le baiser ! Sur l'herbe en fleur veux-tu causer, Fille aux cils longs, aux boucles fines ? L'amour, au clair soleil d'été, Avec l'alouette a chanté. Ne dis pas non, fille cruelle ! Ne dis pas oui ! J'entendrai mieux Le long regard de tes grands yeux Et ta lèvre rose, ô ma belle ! L'amour, au clair soleil d'été, Avec l'alouette a chanté. Adieu les daims, adieu les lièvres Et les rouges perdrix ! Je veux Baiser le lin de tes cheveux, Presser la pourpre de tes lèvres ! L'amour, au clair soleil d'été, Avec l'alouette a chanté.
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Authorship
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Librairie Marc Ducloux, first published 1852 [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 Aloys Claussmann (1850 - 1926), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", op. 17 (Cinq Mélodies et un chœur (ou duo) pour voix de femmes) no. 4, published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", L. 15/(33) (1882) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Le Borne (1862 - 1929), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", op. 15 (Six Mélodies, 2ème série) no. 2 (1884) [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Éd. P. Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gottfried Mann (1858 - 1904), "Pastorale", op. 93 no. 5 [ medium voice and piano ], La Haye (Hollande), Éditions G. H. Van Eck [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons écossaises, no. 3, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894 - 1976), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", published [1921] [ high voice and piano ], from Deux chansons écossaises, no. 1, Éd. de la compositrice [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura L. Nagle) , "The girl with the flaxen hair", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-01-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 144
The girl with the flaxen hair
Language: English after the French (Français)
Who sits upon the blooming lucerne, Singing from the earliest morn? It is the girl with the flaxen hair, The beauty with cherry-red lips. Love, in the bright summer sun, Sang with the lark. Your mouth has divine colors, My dear, and is tempting to kiss! Do you wish to chat upon the blooming grasses, Girl with long lashes and delicate curls? Love, in the bright summer sun, Sang with the lark. Do not say no, cruel girl! Do not say yes! I shall better understand A long gaze from your large eyes And your pink lips, o my beauty! Love, in the bright summer sun, Sang with the lark. Farewell to the deer, farewell to the hares And the red partridges! I wish To kiss the flax of your hair, To press upon the crimson of your lips! Love, in the bright summer sun, Sang with the lark.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2007 by Laura L. Nagle, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "La fille aux cheveux de lin", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Librairie Marc Ducloux, first published 1852
This text was added to the website: 2007-01-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 149