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Tendrement enlacés, ma chère bien-aimée Nous nous étions assis dans un esquif léger, Et par le calme soir, nous nous laissions nager Sur les moires d'une eau limpide et parfumée. L'île mystérieuse où vivent les esprits, Dessinait vaguement ses formes anguleuses; Sous la lune flottaient des danses nébuleuses, Et des sons sensuels d'instruments désappris Et la ronde toujours reserrait sa spirale Et les sons devenaient plus suaves toujours Et pourtant nous voguions abandonnés au cours De l'onde sans espoir sous la lueur astrale.
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- by Pierre-René Hirsch (1870 - 1891) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 42
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- by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955), "Tendrement enlacés, ma chère bien-aimée", 1899, from Quatre Poèmes d'après l'Intermezzo d'Heinrich Heine, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 83
Tenderly intertwined, my dearly beloved, We sat down in a small skiff, And, in the calm evening, we let ourselves float On the ripples of clear and perfumed waters. The mysterious island where the spirits lives Sketches vaguely its angular forms; Under the moon floats nebulous dances And somber sounds of unremembered instruments. Et la ronde toujours resserrait sa spirale And its sound became sweeter still, And yet we sailed on, abandoned to the course Of the wave, without hope under the starry light.
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- a text in French (Français) by Pierre-René Hirsch (1870 - 1891) and by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955)
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 42
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 84