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Dans un sommeil que charmait ton image Je rêvais le bonheur, ardent mirage, Tes yeux étaient plus doux, ta voix pure et sonore, Tu rayonnais comme un ciel éclairé par l'aurore; Tu m'appelais et je quittais la terre Pour m'enfuir avec toi vers la lumière, Les cieux pour nous entr'ouvraient leurs nues, Splendeurs inconnues, lueurs divines entrevues, Hélas! Hélas! triste réveil des songes Je t'appelle, ô nuit, rends moi tes mensonges, Reviens, reviens radieuse, Reviens ô nuit mystérieuse!
Authorship
- by Romain Bussine (1830 - 1899) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, Tuscan
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Après un rêve", op. 7 no. 1 (1878), published 1878. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph Jongen (1873 - 1953), "Après un rêve", op. 25 no. 2 (1902). [soprano and piano or orchestra] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Robert Garrigós) , "Després d'un somni", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David K. Smythe) , "After a dream", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Shawn Thuris) , "After a dream", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Out of a dream", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Nach einem Traum", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Nach einem Traum", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Giuseppe Genesi) , "Al momento del risveglio", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Benjamin Oblitas Mollinedo) , "Luego de un sueño", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Tras un sueño", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 78
In un sonno che la tua immagine incantava Sognavo la felicità , miraggio ardente. I tuoi occhi erano più dolci La tua voce era come più pura e sonora Ed eri raggiante come un cielo illuminato dall'aurora. Tu mi chiamavi, e lasciavo la terra Per fuggire con te verso la luce; Per noi i cieli schiudevano le nubi Con splendori a noi sconosciuti, e divini barlumi di luce appena intravisti... Ahimè! Ahimè! Triste risveglio dei sogni Io ti invoco o Notte: Ridimmi ancora una volta le tue menzogne, Ritorna, ritorna radiosa come sempre Ritorna O misteriosa Notte!
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- Translation from French (Français) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2012 by Mario Giuseppe Genesi, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Romain Bussine (1830 - 1899)
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, Tuscan
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 97