by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (1885 - 1936)
The lily's withered chalice falls
Language: English
The lily's withered chalice falls Around its rod of dusty gold, And from the beech-trees on the wold The last wood-pigeon coos and calls. The gaudy leonine sunflower Hangs black and barren on its stalk, And down the windy garden walk The dead leaves scatter, -- hour by hour. Pale privet-petals white as milk Are blown into a snowy mass: The roses lie upon the grass Like little shreds of crimson silk.
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Authorship
- by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Le jardin", from Our Continent, Feb. 1882 as one of the "Impressions" [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 Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Le jardin", A. 38 (1915), published 1970 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Four Impressions, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Harold Vincent Jervis-Read (1883 - 1945), "The garden", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Four Impressions, also set in a German translation by Maurice Fanshawe [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Dezső Kosztolányi) , "Le jardin"
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Word count: 71
Le jardin
Language: Hungarian (Magyar) after the English
A liliomok szórják dús aranyjuk, hull száraikról a hervadt kehely s ahol a bükk mered az égre fel egy elmaradt, szomorgó vadgalamb búg. A napraforgón halványul a pompa, tányérja száraz lett és fekete, beszél a kertben a szél éneke s zizegve zúg a holt levélcsomókba. A bús fagyal sápadt, tejszínű szirma havas pihékbe kezd szállongani s mint vérszinű selyemnek rongyai hevernek a rózsák is elviritva.
Authorship
- by Dezső Kosztolányi (1885 - 1936), "Le jardin" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Le jardin", from Our Continent, Feb. 1882 as one of the "Impressions"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 65