La flûte enchantée | L'ombre est douce et mon maître dort

by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

La flûte enchantée

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER NOR

L'ombre est douce et mon maître dort
Coiffé d'un bonnet conique de soie
Et son long nez jaune en sa barbe blanche.
Mais moi, je suis éveillée encor
Et j'écoute au dehors
Une chanson de flûte où s'épanche
Tour à tour la tristesse ou la joie.
Un air tour à tour langoureux ou frivole
Que mon amoureux chéri joue,
Et quand je m'approche de la croisée
Il me semble que chaque note s'envole
De la flûte vers ma joue
Comme un mystérieux baiser.

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Text Authorship:

by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade [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by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "La flûte enchantée", 1944, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "La flûte enchantée", 1903, published 1911 [ soprano or tenor and orchestra ], from Shéhérazade, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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