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Pour le jour des Hyacinthies, il m'a donné une syrinx faite de roseaux bien taillés, unis avec la blanche cire qui est douce à mes lèvres comme le miel. Il m'apprend à jouer, assise sur ses genoux ; mais je suis un peu tremblante. il en joue après moi, si doucement que je l'entends à peine. Nous n'avons rien à nous dire, tant nous sommes près l'un de l'autre; mais nos chansons veulent se répondre, et tour à tour nos bouches s'unissent sur la flûte. Il est tard, voici le chant des grenouilles vertes qui commence avec la nuit. Ma mère ne croira jamais que je suis restée si longtemps à chercher ma ceinture perdue.
Authorship
- by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs, "La Flûte de Pan", written 1894, appears in Les Chansons de Bilitis, in Bucoliques en Pamphylie, no. 30, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [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 Jean-René Buvat (1897 - 1953), "La Flûte de Pan" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by André-Marie Cuvelier , "La flûte de Pan", 1928 [high voice and piano], from Chansons de Bilitis, 2ème recueil, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "La flûte de Pan", L. 97/(90) no. 1 (1897-8) [voice and piano], from Chansons de Bilitis, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alina Piechowska-Pascal (b. 1937), "La flûte de Pan", published 1977 [high voice and piano], from Chants de Bilitis, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Choudens [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Aimée Strohl, dit Rita Strohl (1865 - 1941), "La flûte de Pan", published 1900 [high voice and piano], from Bilitis, Poème en 12 chants, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Toledo & Cie. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The pan-pipes", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , "Pans Flöte", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die Panflöte", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il flauto di Pan", copyright © 2005, (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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Zum Tag der Hyazinthen reicht' er mir eine Syrinx aus gut geschnitt'nem Rohr, gefügt mit weißem Wachs, das süß wie Honig ist auf meinen Lippen. Er lehrt mich spielen, ich auf seinem Schoß; ein wenig zitt're ich indes. Dann spielt auch er, so leise, dass ich's kaum vernehm. Zu sagen haben wir uns nichts, so nah sind wir einander; doch unsre Lieder wollen Antwort, und Mal um Mal verschmelzen unsre Lippen auf der Flöte. Es ist schon spät, und mit der Nacht beginnt der Wasserfrösche Lied. Niemals wird meine Mutter glauben, dass ich so lange fort geblieben, zu suchen den verlornen Gürtel.
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- 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 Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs, "La Flûte de Pan", written 1894, appears in Les Chansons de Bilitis, in Bucoliques en Pamphylie, no. 30, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-06
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Word count: 102