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La lune se levait, pure, mais plus glacée Que le ressouvenir de [quelque amour]1 passée. Les étoiles, au fond du ciel silencieux, Brillaient, mais d'un éclat changeant, comme des yeux Où flotte une pensée insaisissable à l'âme. Et le violon, tendre et doux, comme une femme Dont la voix s'affaiblit dans l'ardente langueur, Chantait: » Encore un soir perdu pour le bonheur. «
1 Debussy: "quelqu'amour"
Authorship
- by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Musique", appears in Les aveux, in Amour [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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Musique", L. 54/(44) (1883) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Hudba", first published 1893
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Music", copyright © 2017
Researcher for this text: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 63
The moon was rising, fresh but more frozen Than the recollection of a love long past. The stars, silent at the back of the sky, Glittered, but with an unpredictable radiance, like [a pair of] eyes In which floats the elusive idea of the soul. And the violin, tender and gentle, like a woman Whose voice grows weaker in burning lassitude, Sang out: "One more night lost to pleasure."
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2017 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "Musique", appears in Les aveux, in Amour
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 69