Roses ardentes
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG GER
Roses ardentes
Dans l'immobile nuit,
C'est en vous que je chante
Et que je suis.
En vous, étincelles,
À la cime des bois,
Que je suis éternelle
Et que je vois.
Ô mer profonde,
C'est en toi que mon sang
Renaît vague blonde,
En flot dansant.
Et c'est en toi, force suprême,
Soleil radieux,
Que mon âme elle-même
Atteint son dieu !
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About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Charles Van Lerberghe, La Chanson d’Ève, Société du Mercure de France, 1904, 2e éd., pages 25-26.
Text 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), "Roses ardentes", op. 95 no. 3 (1906), published 1906 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from La Chanson d'Ève, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Lacombe (1837 - 1927), "Roses ardentes dans l'immobile nuit", op. 132 no. 3 (1907), published [1909] [ high voice and piano ], from La chanson d'Ève, no. 3, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "Vurige rozen", copyright © 2009, (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) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Flammende Rosen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 62
Vurige rozen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the French (Français)
Vurige rozen
in de onbeweeglijke nacht
is het in u dat ik zing
en dat ik besta
In u, vonken
aan de rand van het woud,
is het dat ik eeuwig ben
en dat ik kan zien.
O zee, zo diep,
het is in u dat mijn bloed
als een schuimende golf
in een dansend getij herboren wordt.
En het is in u, ultieme kracht,
schitterende zon,
dat mijn ziel zelf
haar God bereikt!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2009 by Pieter van der Woel, (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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Line count: 16
Word count: 75