Madras : A beauty | A beauty of slender build

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Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Madras: Une belle

Language: French (Français) after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)

Our translations: ENG GER

Une belle à la taille svelte
se promène sous les arbres de la forêt,
en se reposant de temps en temps.
Ayant relevé de la main
les trois voiles d'or
qui lui couvre les seins,
elle renvoie à la lune
les rayons dont elle était baignée.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Bhartrihari (flourished 7^th century CE) [text unavailable]
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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):

by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961), "Madras: Une belle", op. 3 no. 1 (1912), published 1914, first performed 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Poèmes Hindous, no. 1, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Madras : A beauty", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Madras: Eine Schöne", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

Madras : A beauty

Language: English after the French (Français)

A beauty of slender build
goes for a walk in the forest,
taking a rest from time to time.
Having lifted 
the three golden veils,
that cover her bosom,
she sends back to the moon
the rays she has bathed in.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2008 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Bhartrihari (flourished 7^th century CE) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 41