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by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903)

Hymne à Vénus
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ô Vénus, si blanche et si blonde,
Je soupire à tes pieds nus !
Lys du ciel, écume de l'onde,
Rose ineffable, ô Vénus !

Tes accents ont brûlé ma vie
D'une ardeur inassouvie !
Et de tes yeux
Pleins d'azur radieux
J'ai subi la langueur lumineuse !
Ô Vénus ! divine amoureuse !
Ouvre tes bras, ô Bienheureuse !

Ta douceur féconde la terre,
Ta splendeur ravit les cieux !
Ta beauté m'enivre et m'altère
Comme un fruit délicieux !

Dans l'exil où gémit mon âme
Tout mon être te réclame !
Pour te saisir, 
Tendre fleur du désir,
Je consens à la mort ténébreuse !
Ô Vénus ! divine amoureuse !
Donne-moi l'heure bienheureuse !

Text Authorship:

  • by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (1847 - 1903), "Hymne à Vénus", 1893?, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Vingt Mélodies, no. 10, Paris : Henri Tellier [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "Hymn to Venus", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-06-28
Line count: 22
Word count: 103

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