by
Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas
Belle source, belle source
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG GER GER
Belle source, belle source,
Je veux me rappeler sans cesse,
Qu'un jour, guidé par l'amitié
Ravi, j'ai contemplé ton visage, ô dèesse,
Perdu sous la mou, sous la mousse à moitié.
Que n'est-il demeuré, cet ami que je pleure,
O nymphe, à ton culte attaché,
Pour se mêler encore au souffle qui t'effleure,
Et répondre à ton flot caché?
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Pastoral air", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Country song", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ländliche Weise", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Ländliches Lied", copyright © 2008, (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.
Line count: 9
Word count: 59
Pastoral air
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Beautiful spring, beautiful spring,
I wish to remember forever
that one day, guided by affection,
enchanted, I looked at your face, o Goddess,
half concealed underneath the moss.
Has he but remained, this friend for whom I mourn,
o nymph, adhering to your cult,
to mingle at least with the breeze that touches you
and to respond to your hidden waters?
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 61