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by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955)

Soleil
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Incendiant les horizons
Au ciel clair le soleil rougeoie :
Il met aux toits bleus des maisons
Comme une auréole de joie.

Les fillettes au teint bruni,
Dont les farandoles rieuses
Se déroulent à l'infini
Dans les grands prés bordés d'yeuses,

Lancent dans l'air leurs rires frais,
-- Gazouillis d'oiseaux sur la branche, --
Et le vieil écho des forêts
Rajeunit à leur gaîté franche.

Leurs costumes aux tons divers
Rouge flambant ou jaune orange,
Sur le sombre des arbres verts,
Promènent un reflet étrange.

Dans cet épanouissement,
Un rayon d'espérance rose
Sourit délicieusement
Au cœur fermé du plus morose.

Incendiant les horizons
Au ciel clair le soleil rougeoie :
Et met aux toits bleus des maisons
Comme une auréole de joie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955), "Soleil" [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 Émile Durand (1830 - 1903), "Soleil !", published [1866] [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Paul Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
  • by César Franck (1822 - 1890), "Soleil", CFF 165 no. 5, FWV 89 no. 5 (1888), published 1923 [ vocal duet (or chorus) and piano ], from 6 Duos pour voix égales, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Enoch [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "太阳", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Sunlight", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 118

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