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Tes yeux sont doux comme ceux d'une fille, Jeune étranger, Et la courbe fine De ton beau visage de duvet ombragé Est plus séduisante encor de ligne. Ta lèvre chante sur le pas de ma porte Une langue inconnue et charmante Comme une musique fausse. Entre! Et que mon vin te réconforte... Mais non, tu passes Et de mon seuil je te vois t'éloigner Me faisant un dernier geste avec grâce Et la hanche légèrement ployée Par ta démarche féminine et lasse...
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 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "L'Indifférent", published 1903 [soprano or tenor and orchestra], from Shéhérazade, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , title 1: "The indifferent one", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Der Gleichgültige", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "L’indiferent", copyright © 2016, (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.
Line count: 14
Word count: 82
Deine Augen sind betörend wie die eines Mädchens, fremder Jüngling, und die feine Rundung deines schönen Gesichts, von Flaum beschattet, ist noch anziehender im Profil. Dein Mund singt an der Schwelle meiner Tür eine unbekannte und zaubrische Sprache wie künstliche Musik ... Tritt ein! Und dass dich mein Wein erquickt... Doch nein, du gehst vorüber, und ich sehe dich von meiner Schwelle entschweben. Du gibst mir ein letztes anmutiges Zeichen, mit leicht schwingender Hüfte in deinem mädchenhaften, trägen Gang ...
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in French (Français) by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade
This text was added to the website: 2013-02-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 80