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Mesdames et Messieurs, c'est moi: moi le Printemps! Moi le Printemps, dont le sourire clair charme les plus moroses. Qui mets des rayons d'or dans les lys éclatants Et cache des baisers sous les lèvres des roses. J'arrive de l'azur et ne suis pas farouche, Eveillant sur mes pas les sons et les couleurs. Je revêts de beauté tout ce que ma main touche Et ma bouche s'empourpre au calice des fleurs. Je peuple les jardins et je tisse les nids, J'apprends des airs nouveaux aus pinsons comme aux merles Et dans les ruisseaux bleus qu'Octobre avait ternis, J'égrène des colliers de saphirs et de perles. J'ouvre les coeurs sur terre et dans le ciel, les ailes Au velours des iris, sur le bord des étangs, Je promène le vol des vertes demoiselles.
Authorship
- by Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901) [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 Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918), "Renouveau", 1911. [3 solo voices and piano] [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Korin Kormick) , title 1: "Renewal", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 133
Ladies and gentlemen, it is I: I, spring! I, spring, whose bright smile charms the most morose. Who puts golden rays in dazzling lilies And hides kisses under roses' lips. I arrive from the blue and am not shy, Rousing sounds and colors along my path. I adorn all that my hand touches with beauty, And my mouth flushes crimson at the chalice of flowers. I inhabit the gardens and I weave the nests, I teach new songs to the larks as to the robins, And in the blue brooks that October tarnished, I string necklaces of sapphires and pearls. I open hearts on earth and in heaven, the velvet wings Of the iris, on the edge of the ponds, I lead the flight of green maidens.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2013 by Korin Kormick, (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 Armand Silvestre (1837 - 1901)
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-07
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Word count: 127