by Amy Sylvel ( flourished 1930s )
Au miroir de ma mère
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Au miroir de ma mère, J'ai vu le long passé, Les chemins de la terre Où ses pieds ont marché; Au miroir de ma mère, J'ai vu le cheveux lourds Qu'elle enroulait naguère, En ses simples atours; Au miroir de ma mère, J'ai vu le pauvre nid, La lutte ardente et fière, L'amour jamais fini; Au miroir de ma mère, J'ai vu le long souci, J'ai vu vie entière, Et la mort blanche aussi.
Text Authorship:
- by Amy Sylvel ( flourished 1930s ) [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 Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "Au miroir de ma mère", 1940, published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from 35 Scottish Lyrics and other Poems, no. 35, Bayley & Ferguson for The Saltire Society, Glasgow, page 135 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , "In my mother’s mirror", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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