Sylvie
Language: French (Français)
Elle est si belle, ma Sylvie, Que les anges en sont jaloux. L'amour sur sa lèvre ravie Laissa son baiser le plus doux. Ses yeux sont de grandes étoiles, Sa bouche est faite de rubis, Son âme est un zénith sans voiles, Et son coeur est mon paradis. Ses cheveux sont noirs comme l'ombre, Sa voix plus douce que le miel, Sa tristesse est une pénombre Et son sourire un arc-en-ciel.
Text Authorship:
- by J. P. (José María Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel) Contamine de Latour [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 Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "Sylvie", op. 20 (1886) [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies de 1886, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura (Pranada) Sylvis) , "Sylvie", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Chelsea Green) , "Sylvie", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 71