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by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)

Blanche sous sa robe blanche
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Blanche sous sa robe blanche,
Blonde entre les blonds épis,
L'œil bleu comme la pervenche,
Le front pur comme les lis...
-- Pourquoi mon âme est rêveuse,
Me demandez-vous encor ?
-- Elle a glané, la glaneuse,
Mon cœur dans sa gerbe d'or !

Pieds nus sur la grève nue,
Pure auprès du pur ruisseau,
Des jardins d'amour venue,
Comme les zéphyrs, sur l'eau...
-- Pourquoi mon âme est rêveuse,
Me demandez-vous encor ?
-- Elle a pêché la pêcheuse,
Mon cœur dans son filet d'or ! 

Rose dès l'aube rosée,
Fleur à sa fenêtre en fleur,
Hirondelle au toit posée,
Cigale au foyer conteur...
-- Pourquoi mon âme est rêveuse, 
Me demandez-vous encor ?
-- Elle a filé, la fileuse,
Mon cœur dans sa trame d'or !

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, Rimes neuves et vieilles, Paris, E. Dentu, 1866, pages 118-119.


Text Authorship:

  • by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901), "Chanson", written 1866, appears in Poésies 1861-1874, in 1. Les amours, in 2. Vers pour être chantés, in Mignonne, no. 3, appears in Rimes neuves et vieilles, in 3. Les primesaults, Paris, Éd. Dentu, first published 1866 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Marcial del Adalid (1826 - 1881), "Les primesaults", published 2009 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies pour chant et piano - Cantares viejos y nuevos de Galicia, par Margarita Soto Viso, no. 2, Éd. Fundacion Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Conde de Fenosa [sung text not yet checked]
  • by René de Boisdeffre (1838 - 1906), "Chanson", op. 30 no. 5, published [1907] [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, recueil 2, no. 5, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), "Blanche et Rose", published 1885 [ tenor and piano ], from Quinze mélodies, deux chœurs, no. 12, Éd. Hartmann & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Daniel Fleuret (1869 - 1915), "Pourquoi mon âme est rêveuse" [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Rêveries", 1892 [ soprano and piano ], from Sept mélodies d’Armand Silvestre, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Edmond Michotte (1831 - 1914), "Pourquoi mon âme est rêveuse ?" [ medium voice and piano ], from Mignonne, no. 3, Bruxelles, Schott Frères [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Pourquoi", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], London, Chappell [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Wroblewski , "Rêverie" [ medium voice and piano ], from Six Feuillets d'Album, no. 6, Éd. H. Rohdé [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-03-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 116

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