by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)
Translation Singable translation by Maria Louise Baum (1867 - 1941)
L'âme d'une flûte soupire
Language: French (Français)
L'âme d'une flûte soupire Au fond du parc mélodieux; Limpide est l'ombre où l'on respire Ton poème silencieux, Nuit de langueur, nuit de mensonge, Qui poses, d'un geste ondoyant, Dans ta chevelure de songe La lune, bijou d'Orient. Sylva, Sylvie et Sylvanire, Belles au regard bleu changeant, (L'étoile aux fontaines se mire), Allez par les sentiers d'argent, Allez vite, l'heure est si brève, Cueillir [au jardin des aveux]1, Les coeurs qui se meurent du rêve De mourir parmi vos cheveux...
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Authorship:
- by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Arpège", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [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 François Berthet (1873 - 1956), "L'âme d'une flûte", op. 7 no. 2 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Joanin [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Chansarel (1864 - 1945), "Arpège" [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Deux Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Madeleine Dubois , "Arpège", published 1915 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Amédée Dutacq (1848 - 1929), "Arpège" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Arpège", op. 76 no. 2 (1897), published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippe Gaubert (1879 - 1941), "Arpège", published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Au Jardin de l'Infante, no. 4, Heugel et Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Jarnach (1892 - 1982), "Arpège" [ voice and piano ], from Drei frühe französische Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Arpège", op. 46 no. 1 (1993), published 2014 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Albert Samain, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Moreau-Febvre , "Arpège", 1922 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Nuit de langueur, nuit de mensonge", published 1908 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 9, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard Nordi (flourished c1907), "Arpège", 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq Poèmes (Albert Samain), no. 5, Bruxelles, Éd. Fernand Lauweryns [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1882 - 1955), "Arpège" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with Album of Songs by composers of the Neo-French School, No. 60, The Boston Music Company, New York, G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Maria Louise Baum) , first published 1890
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 80
Sighing on the wings of the air
Language: English after the French (Français)
Sighing on the wings of the air A plaintive flute makes melodie! ‘Mid limpid shadow deeply breathes Thy poem rare of silent calm, Night, slumb'rous night Night of enchantment, who threadest with undulant grace Thro’ the fragrant flood of thy tresses, The moon’s chrysolite and pearl. Sylvia, Sylvanira, and sweet Sybyl, Beauties with your gazing blue asmile! The stars swim in purling fountains Haste ye down the silver ways, Hasten, all! Time flows amain! ‘Mid gardens where love payeth vows Come gather the hearts faint with longing, To die ‘mid your hear of gold!
About the headline (FAQ)
This is a singable translation for Samuel-Rousseau's music taken from Album of Songs by Composers of the Neo-French School, Boston, The Boston Music Company, copyright 1911. The translation of his title is "Arpeggios"
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Maria Louise Baum (1867 - 1941), first published 1890
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), "Arpège", written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2021-10-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 94