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by Jean-Frédéric-Emile Aubry (1882 - 1950), as Georges Jean-Aubry

Psyché
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG FIN
Psyché ! La lampe est morte; éveille-toi. 
Le jour te considère 
avec des yeux noyés d'amour,
et le désir nouveau de te servir encore.
Le miroir, confident de ton visage en pleurs,
reflète, ce matin, lac pur parmi des fleurs,
Un ciel laiteux ainsi qu'une éternelle aurore.
Midi s'approche et danse, 
ivre sur ses pieds d'or.
Tends-lui les bras, sèche tes pleurs ;
dans un essor abandonne, Psyché, 
la langueur de ta couche.
L'oiseau chant au sommet de l'arbre, 
le soleil sourit d'aise 
en voyant l'universel éveil,
et le Printemps s'étire, 
une rose à la bouche.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean-Frédéric-Emile Aubry (1882 - 1950), as Georges Jean-Aubry [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 Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946), "Psyché", 1924, published 1924, first performed 1925 [ voice, flute, violin, viola, cello, harp ], Éd. Chester [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Psyche", copyright © 2012
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Psykhe", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
Line count: 17
Word count: 94

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