Miratge | De lluny, em semblaves molt gran

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by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Mirage

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT CHI

De loin, tu paraissais très grande
Et très grave aussi;
Maintenant je me demande
Comment j'ai pu te voir ainsi!
Mon amour était tout transi,
Je n'osais pas aller à toi,
Je tremblais de te déplaire,
Et c'était plus fort que moi,
Tu me faisais peur, ô chère!
Mais tu vins a me rencontre
Avec ton rire gracieux,
Ton joli rire qui montre
Un peu de l'azur des cieux;
Je te serrai sur mon coeur,
Fier, enivré, triomphant!
Et je vis à ta candeur,
Que tu n'étais qu'une enfant!

Text Authorship:

by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "Mirage", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 9 [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 Vincent d'Indy (1851 - 1931), "Mirage", op. 56 (1903?), published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], from Frissons, no. 9, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "幻影", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-08
Line count: 17
Word count: 89

Miratge

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

De lluny, em semblaves molt gran
i molt seriosa també;
ara em pregunto
com vaig poder veure't mai així!
El meu amor estava completament embalbit,
no gosava acostar-me a tu,
tremolava només de pensar desplaure’t,
i era més fort que jo,
em feies por, oh estimada!
Però vingueres a trobar-me
amb el teu riure graciós,
el teu riure encantador que revela
un bocí de l’atzur del cel;
et vaig abraçar contra el meu pit,
orgullós, embriagat, triomfant!
I vaig veure en la teva innocència
que no eres més que una nena!

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (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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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Paul Barthélemy Jeulin (1863 - 1936), as Paul Gravollet, "Mirage", written 1903, appears in Les Frissons, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-03
Line count: 17
Word count: 91