by
Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
Je veux que le matin l'ignore
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG GER
Je veux que le matin l'ignore
Le nom que j'ai dit à la nuit,
Et qu'au vent de l'aube, sans bruit,
Comme une larme il s'évapore.
Je veux que le jour le proclame
L'amour qu'au matin j'ai caché,
Et sur mon cœur ouvert penché,
[Ainsi qu'un grain d'encens]1 l'enflamme.
Je veux que le couchant l'oublie
Le secret que j'ai dit au jour
Et l'emporte, avec mon amour,
Aux plis de sa robe pâlie !
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Confirmed with Armand Silvestre, Le pays des roses. Poésies nouvelles 1880-1882, Paris, G. Charpentier, 1882, pages 140-141.
1 Fauré: "Comme un grain d'encens il"
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Le Secret", op. 23 no. 3 (1881), published 1881, orchestrated 1923 by Henri-Paul Büsser [ voice and piano ], Éditions J. Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by François Luc Joseph Thomé (1850 - 1909), as Francis Thomé, "Mystère" [ medium voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74
Vull que el matí l’ignori
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the French (Français)
Vull que el matí l’ignori,
el nom que he dit a la nit,
i que al vent de l’alba, sense fer fressa,
com una llàgrima s’evapori.
Vull que el dia el proclami,
l’amor que al matí he amagat,
i vinclat al meu cor obert,
com un gra d’encens l’inflami.
Vull que el ponent oblidi
el secret que de dia he dit
i se l’emporti, amb el meu amor,
als plecs del seu esblaimat vestit!
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Translations of title(s):
"Le Secret" = "El secret"
"Mystère" = "Misteri"
Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 74