by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)
À ton Ombre ces fleurs, ces fleurs pures...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
À ton Ombre ces fleurs, ces fleurs pures et claires ;
Car les fleurs sont Lumière.
À ton Cœur qui sommeille, à tes yeux qui sont clos ;
Car les fleurs sont Repos.
À ta Voix qui n'est plus qu'un peu du souffle immense ;
Car les fleurs sont Silence.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with van Lerberghe, Charles, Entrevisions, suivi de Poèmes posthumes, Paris, G. Crès, 1923, page 195. The dedication reads "À la mémoire de Gabriel Vorstermans.".
Text Authorship:
- by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Offrande", appears in Entrevisions, first published 1898 [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 (Julianus Marie) August De Boeck (1865 - 1937), "Épitaphe", 1937, copyright © 1938 [ medium voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Les Éditions modernes, Georges Vriamont, also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Godefridus Constant Ernest Eudro Gustaf Devreese (1893 - 1972), "Offrande", 1925 [ voice and piano ], also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Boleslav Leopoldovitch Yavorsky (1877 - 1942), "Offrande", op. 13 (1909), published 1915 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Moscow: Jurgenson, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Raymond Herreman (1896 - 1971) , copyright © ; composed by August De Boeck.
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Jozef Simons (1888 - 1948) ; composed by Godefridus Constant Ernest Eudro Gustaf Devreese.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , "Приношение" ; composed by Boleslav Leopoldovitch Yavorsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anyi Sharma) , "Offering", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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