by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Invocation aux Parques
Language: French (Français)
Je jure, tant que je vivrai, De vous aimer, Sylvie. Parques, qui dans vos mains tenez Le fil de notre vie, Allongez, tant que vous pourrez, Le mien, je vous en prie.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 18th century ) [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Invocation aux Parques", FP 42 no. 4 (1925-1926), published 1926 [ baritone and piano ], from Chansons gaillardes, no. 4, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Anrufung der Parzen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Simon Chalifoux) , "Invocation of the fates", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Sonja Lohmiller) , "Anrufung der Parzen", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Matthias Fletzberger
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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