Dins un raig de crepuscle

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by Charles de Bussy (1875 - 1938)

Translation © by Aïda Raurell

La lune paresseuse

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT SPA

Dans un rayon de crépuscule
S'endort la libellule;
Le rossignol s'est endormi
Sur la branche d'un chêne ami,

L'herbage est plein de lucioles,
Le ciel d'étoiles folles,
Et pourtant la lune qui luit
Laisse ses ombres a la nuit.

Mollement, Lune, tu reposes
Sous des nuages roses . . .
Oh! la paresseuse, pourquoi
Te jouer de mon tendre émoi?

Toujours voilée á l'heure douce
Où, glissant sur la mousse,
Les cigales chantent moins fort,
Tu ne te montres pas encor!

Lève-toi! brillante et sereine,
Viens éclairer la plaine!
Lune d'argent, Lune au front blanc,
Illumine mon bras tremblant!

Frôle de ta lumière pure
L'or de ma chevelure:
Car c'est bientôt que va passer
Sur la route mon fiancé! . . .

Text Authorship:

by Charles de Bussy (1875 - 1938) [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 Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944), "La lune paresseuse", published 1905 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Enoch [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Aïda Raurell) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Aïda Raurell) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 122

Dins un raig de crepuscle

Language: Catalan (Català) after the French (Français)

Dins un raig de crepuscle
s'adorm la libèl·lula;
el rossinyol s'ha adormit
sobre la branca d'un roure amic,
 
L'herba és repleta de cuques de llum,
el cel d'estels folls,
i no obstant la lluna lluent
deixa a la nit ses ombres.
 
Flonjament, lluna, tu reposes
sota els núvols color de rosa...
Oh! La mandrosa, per què
et burles de ma tendra emoció?
 
Sempre mig oculta a l'hora dolça
on, lliscant sobre la molsa,
les cigales canten fluixet,
tu no et mostres pas, encara!
 
Lleva't! Brillant i serena,
Vine a il·luminar la plana!
Lluna d'argent, de front blanc,
Il·lumina el meu braç tremolant!
 
Lleument tocat amb ta llum pura
L'or de ma cabellera:
Car això passarà aviat
Sobre el camí, estimat!...

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a text in French (Français) by Charles de Bussy (1875 - 1938)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 120