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De sa dent soudaine et vorace, Comme un chien l'amour m'a mordu... En suivant mon sang répandu, Va, tu pourras suivre ma trace... Prends un cheval de bonne race, Pars, et suis mon chemin ardu, Fondrière ou sentier perdu, Si la course ne te harasse ! En passant par où j'ai passé, Tu verras que seul et blessé J'ai parcouru ce triste monde. Et qu'ainsi je m'en fus mourir Bien loin, bien loin, sans découvrir Le bleu manoir de Rosamonde.
Authorship
- by Robert de Bonnières (1850 - 1905) [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 (Marie Eugène) Henri (Fouques) Duparc (1848 - 1933), "Le manoir de Rosamonde", 1880, published 1894, orchestrated 1911-1912. [voice and piano or orchestra] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , "Het Slot van Rosamonde", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Rosamonde's Manor-House", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "The manor of Rosemonde", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Raedcavid De Jesús) , "La casa solariega de Rosamonde", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 80
Love, like a dog, has bitten me with its sudden, voracious teeth... Come, the trail of spilt blood will enable you to follow my tracks. Take a horse of good pedigree and set off on the arduous route I took, through swamps and overgrown paths, if that's not too exhausting a ride for you! As you pass where I passed, you will see that I travelled alone and wounded through this sad world, and thus went off to my death far, far away, without ever finding Rosemonde's blue manor-house.
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Peter Low, (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 Robert de Bonnières (1850 - 1905)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 89