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by Georges Richard van Ormelingen (1865 - 1906), as George Vanor

Defuncta nascuntur
Language: French (Français) 
« Les roses se sont refermées. »

Les roses se sort refermées,
Ils ne sont pas éclos les lys ;
Et nos âmes, sens s'être aimées,
Pleurent leurs vœux ensevelis.

Mon rêve encore ailé s'envole
Vers ta musique et tes parfums,
Vers ta splendeur pure d'idole,
Et vers le ciel de tes yeux bruns,
Vers le regard dont tu t'aimantes,
Et ta chair de satin fleuri.

Mais par les choses inclémentes,
Son essor retombe meurtri ;
Et nos âmes désenlacées
Harmonie seront leurs sanglots.
Sur les blanches roses blessées,
Sur les divins lys in éclos.

Text Authorship:

  • by Georges Richard van Ormelingen (1865 - 1906), as George Vanor, appears in Les Gloses Orphiques [author's text not yet checked 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 Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912), "Defuncta nascuntur", 1895, published 1895 [medium voice and piano], from Poème d'un soir, no. 3, Paris: Heugel et Cie. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 17
Word count: 93

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