Sarabande | Les jets d'eau dansent des sarabandes

by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957)

Sarabande

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Les jets d'eau dansent des sarabandes
Sur l'herbe parfumée des boulingrins;
Il y a des rumeurs de soie dans le jardin
Et de mystérieuses présences.
Sur le marbre rose d'une margelle
Trois tourterelles
Se sont posées,
Comme sur tes lèvres trois baisers;
Leurs plumes s'effeuillent dans le bassin.
Les fleurs fraîches des marronniers 
Neigent lentement sur tes seins
Et font frissonner ta chair nue,
Car tu es nue 
Sous ton manteau
Et c'est pour toi que les jets d'eau
Dansent de sveltes sarabandes,
Que le parc est plein de présences
Et que les tourterelles blanches,
Comme de vivantes guirlandes,
Viennent fleurir au bord de l'eau.

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Text Authorship:

by René Chalupt (1885 - 1957) [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 Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937), "Sarabande", op. 20 (Deux mélodies) no. 2 (1919), published 1919-1929, first performed 1919 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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