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La lune se levait, pure, mais plus glacée Que le ressouvenir de [quelque amour]1 passée. Les étoiles, au fond du ciel silencieux, Brillaient, mais d'un éclat changeant, comme des yeux Où flotte une pensée insaisissable à l'âme. Et le violon, tendre et doux, comme une femme Dont la voix s'affaiblit dans l'ardente langueur, Chantait: » Encore un soir perdu pour le bonheur. «
1 Debussy: "quelqu'amour"
Authorship
- by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Musique", appears in Les aveux, in Amour [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), "Musique", L. 54/(44) (1883) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Hudba", first published 1893
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , "Muziek", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Music", copyright © 2017
Researcher for this text: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 63
De maan stijgt op, puur, maar ijziger dan het zich herinneren van een voorbije liefde. De sterren, aan de onderkant van de stille hemel, Schitteren, maar met een fonkeling die verandert, als ogen waarbij een ongrijpbare gedachte door de ziel stroomt. En de viool, teder en zacht, als een vrouw Waarvan de stem verslapt in een vurig smacht, Zingt: “Nog een avond verloren voor het geluk.”
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- Translation from French (Français) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2021 by Joost van der Linden, (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), "Musique", appears in Les aveux, in Amour
This text was added to the website: 2021-03-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 66