by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938)
Colombine
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Frêle petite fille O rose dans la fange Du cirque piétinée avant que de t'ouvrir Dieu ne t'avait-il pas faite à l'image des anges Et pour que le printemps parfumât tes soupirs.
Authorship
- by Francis Jammes (1868 - 1938) [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 Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Colombine" [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Marcel Delannoy (1898 - 1962), "Colombine", 1935, published 1936, copyright © 1936 [high voice and piano or orchestra], from Cinq Quatrains de Francis Jammes, no. 4, Éd. Heugel [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , title 1: "Columbine", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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