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L’essaim des étoiles vole autour de la ruche rouge de la lune pour piller son rose miel nocturne. Dans la fourmilière bleue du ciel fourmis blanches d’étoiles remuent pour manger, miette à miette, la lune. La pleine lune, rond blutoir blanc; à l’horizon à perte de vue, l’amazone, un désert de farine. Au clair de la lune, ma viole, et sans qu’un seul de mes doigts la frôle, tout bas se met à gémir, je jure. Doux, tout doux, pour répondre à la voix de l’inhabú qui pleure, qui pleure, dans la bouche triste de la nuit, Jusqu’à ce que sa douleur expire doucement, comme un colibri meurt, s’évanouit un rêve de fleur.
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Confirmed with Paul Palgen, Guanabara, la baie aux trois cents soixante îles, Marseille, Les Cahiers du Sud, 1933, p. 63.
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- by Paul Palgen (1883 - 1966), "Chanson lunaire à la façon de Catullo de Paixao Cearense", appears in Guanabara, la baie aux trois cents soixante îles, first published 1933 [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 Louise (or Lou) Koster (1889 - 1973), "Chanson lunaire" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-17
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De sterrenzwerm vliegt rond de manebijenkorf om de nachtelijk haar roze honing te roven. In de hemelse mierenhoop bewegen witte sterremieren om, kruimel voor kruimel, de maan te eten. De volle maan, ronde witte molensteen; aan de horizon nauwlijks zichtbaar, de Amazone, een woestijn van bloem. In de manestraal, begint mijn viola da gamba - en zonder dat een van mijn vingers haar aanraakt - heel laag te kreunen, ik zweer het je. Zacht, heel zacht, om te antwoorden op de stem van de inwoner die huilt, die huilt, in de trieste mond van de nacht. Totdat haar verdriet verdwijnt, zachtjes, zoals een kolibrie sterft, verdwijnt er een bloemendroom.
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Translations of title(s):
"Chanson Lunaire" = "Maanlied"
"Chanson lunaire à la façon de Catullo de Paixao Cearense" = "Een maanlied op de manier van Catulo da Paixão Cearense (1863-1946)"
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- Translation from French (Français) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2021 by Joost van der Linden, (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 Paul Palgen (1883 - 1966), "Chanson lunaire à la façon de Catullo de Paixao Cearense", appears in Guanabara, la baie aux trois cents soixante îles, first published 1933
This text was added to the website: 2021-03-05
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Word count: 109