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Le vert colibri, le roi des collines, Voyant la rosée et le soleil clair, Luire dans son nid tissé d'herbes fines, Comme un frais rayon s'échappe dans l'air. Il se hâte et vole aux sources voisines, Où les bambous font le bruit de la mer, Où l'açoka rouge aux odeurs divines S'ouvre et porte au coeur un humide éclair. Vers la fleur dorée, il descend, se pose, Et boit tant d'amour dans la coupe rose, Qu'il meurt, ne sachant s'il l'a pu tarir! Sur ta lèvre pure, ô ma bien-aimée, Telle aussi mon âme eut voulu mourir, Du premier baiser qui l'a parfumée.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Le colibri", written 1854, appears in Poèmes barbares, Paris, Éd. Dentu, first published 1854 [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 Georges Alary (1850 - 1928), "Le Colibri", op. 37 no. 6, published 1899 [ chorus a cappella ], from Chœurs sans accompagnement, no. 6, Paris, Durdilly [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Bertin , "Le Colibri" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Le colibri", op. 2 (Sept mélodies) no. 7 (1882) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Le Colibri", op. 54 (Cinq mélodies) no. 2, published 1890, Leipzig, Édition M.P. Bélaïeff [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jules Laurent Anacharsis Duprato (1827 - 1892), "Le Colibri" [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Livre des Sonnets, no. 6, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Le Colibri", op. 17 (Trois mélodies) no. 1 (1899) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jeanne Lefèvre , "Le Colibri", published [1921] [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 1, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Ribiollet (1855 - 1921), "Le Colibri", op. 41 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Sporck (1870 - 1943), "Le Colibri" [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Hachette & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Vuillemin (1879 - 1929), "Le Colibri" [ voice and piano ], Éd. Costallat [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Kolibřík"
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The hummingbird", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Gyula Juhász) , "Kolibri szerelem"
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "ハチスズメ", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "El colibrí", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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丘の王者、緑のハチスズメは 細い草で織られた巣の中に 露と陽の光が輝くのを見て 快活な光の矢のように空へ飛び立つ ハチスズメは急いで近くの泉へと飛ぶ そこでは竹が海のようにざわめき 神聖なる香りを放つ赤いアソカの花が開き その芯に湿った輝きを満たしている 黄金の花へ、ハチスズメは降り立ち、休む そしてバラ色の盃からたくさんの愛を飲み 死ぬ、飲み干せるかどうかも分からずに! 君の純粋なる唇の上で、ああ愛しい人 初めてのキスの香りに満たされた僕の心も そんなふうに死んでゆきたい
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Le colibri", written 1854, appears in Poèmes barbares, Paris, Éd. Dentu, first published 1854
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 14