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by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)
Translation © by Giedrius Prunskus

Chanson du Duc
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG LIT
Je veux chanter ici la dame de mes songes
Qui m'exalte au-dessus de ce siècle de boue.
Son coeur de diamant est vierge de mensonges
La rose s'obscurcit au regard de sa joue.
Pour elle j'ai tenté les hautes aventures : 
Mon bras a délivré la princesse en servage,
J'ai vaincu l'enchanteur, confondu les parjures
Et ployé l'univers à lui rendre l'hommage.
Dame par qui je vais, seul dessus cette terre,
Qui ne soit prisonnier de la fausse apparence.
Je soutiens contre tout chevalier téméraire
Votre éclat non pareil et votre précellence.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973) [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 Jacques François Antoine Ibert (1890 - 1962), "Chanson du Duc", 1931, from Chansons de Don Quichotte, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Song of the Duke", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Daina hercogui", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 91

Daina hercogui
Language: Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba)  after the French (Français) 
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Aš noriu apdainuot savų svajonių Damą,
Virš purvinos būties mane kur pakylėja.
Jos deimanto širdis dar nepažįsta melo,
Išvydęs skruostus Jos nublanksta rožės žiedas.
Paskyriau garbei Jos aš žygdarbį ne vieną
Sava ranka liepiau princesei man tarnauti,
Aš įveikiau kerus ir melagingą žodį, 
Visatai įsakiau Jai garbę atiduoti.
Dama, kurią myliu, vienintelė šioj žemėj, 
Nekalinti tamsoj vaizduotės apgaulingos.
Apginsiu aš tikrai nuo riterių tūžmingų 
Šviesybę Jūsų šią ir Jūsų prakilnumą.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) copyright © 2023 by Giedrius Prunskus, (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.


Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Alexandre Arnoux (1884 - 1973)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

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