君の思考の庭から僕が摘んだ

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by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935)

Translation © by Naoyuki Okada

L'âme évaporée et souffrante

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER JPN

L'âme évaporée et souffrante,
L'âme douce, l'âme odorante
Des lys divins que j'ai cueillis
Dans le jardin de ta pensée,
Où donc les vents l'ont-ils chassée,
Cette âme adorable des lys?

N'est-il plus un parfum qui reste
De la suavité céleste
Des jours où tu m'enveloppais
D'une vapeur surnaturelle,
Faite d'espoir, d'amour fidèle,
De béatitude et de paix?...

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Text Authorship:

by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Romance", written 1882, appears in Les Aveux, in Amour, no. 32, Paris Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1882 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Romance", L. 65/(79) no. 2 (1891) [ voice and piano ], from Deux Romances, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "L'âme des lys", op. 63 no. 4 [ high voice and piano ], from Soirs d'été, no. 4, Durand [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Korin Kormick) , "Romance", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Romanze", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 58

君の思考の庭から僕が摘んだ

Language: Japanese (日本語) after the French (Français)

君の思考の庭から僕が摘んだ 
神聖なる百合の花の
儚い、悩める
優しい、芳しい心を 
この百合の愛しい心を 
風はどこへ追いやってしまったのだ?

希望と、変わらぬ愛と 
この上ない幸福と平和で作られた 
神秘的な霧で 
君が僕を包み込んでくれた日々の 
天上の心地よさの香りは 
もう残っていないのか?

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Translations of titles:
"L'âme des lys" = "ユリの心"
"Romance" = "ロマンス"

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Japanese (日本語) copyright © 2025 by Naoyuki Okada, (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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a text in French (Français) by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Romance", written 1882, appears in Les Aveux, in Amour, no. 32, Paris Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1882
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-04
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Word count: 12