by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
Les sept filles d'Orlamonde
Language: French (Français)
Les sept filles d'Orlamonde,
Quand la fée fut morte,
Les sept filles d'Orlamonde,
Ont cherché les portes.
Ont allumé leurs sept lampes,
Ont ouvert les tours,
Ont ouvert quatre cents salles,
Sans trouver le jour...
Arrivent aux grottes sonores,
Descendent alors ;
Et sur une porte close,
Trouvent une clef d'or.
Voient l'océan par les fentes,
Ont peur de mourir,
Et frappent à la porte close,
Sans oser l'ouvrir...
First published in the revue L'Ermitage, Paris, 1893, and later in Douze Chansons, Éd. Stock, Paris, 1896, n°6, then in Serres chaudes suivies de Quinze Chansons, 1900. Can also be found in the play Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, Act I.
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Les sept filles d'Orlamonde", written 1893, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 7, first published 1893 [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 (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "Les sept filles d'Orlamonde" [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Mélodies, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Stierlin-Vallon (1887 - 1952), "Les sept filles d'Orlamonde", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons tristes, 7 poèmes de Maurice Maeterlinck, no. 1, Genève, Ad. Henn [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov) , no title
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