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Dans ton cœur dort un clair de lune, Un doux clair de lune d'été, [Et loin de]1 la vie importune, Je me [viens perdre en]2 ta clarté. J'oublierai les douleurs passées, Mon amour, quand tu berceras Mon triste cœur et mes pensées Dans le calme aimant de tes bras. Tu prendras ma tête malade, Oh ! [certain soir sur]3 tes genoux, Et lui diras une ballade Qui semblera parler de nous ; Et dans tes yeux pleins de tristesse, Dans tes yeux alors je boirai Tant de baisers et de tendresses Que peut-être je guérirai.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with L'Illusion, troisième édition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, p. 16.
1 Duparc, Saint-Saëns: "Et pour fuir"2 Duparc, Saint-Saëns: "noierai dans"
3 Duparc, Saint-Saëns: "quelquefois, sur"
Authorship
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Chanson triste", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, first published 1875 [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 Albert Bertelin (1872 - 1951), "Chanson triste" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 4, Éd. Loret Fils et H. Freytag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Chanson triste", op. 8 no. 1 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 1, Éd. Le Bailly, O. Bornemann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Édouard Desmangles , "Chanson triste", 1939-41 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Pièces pour chant et piano, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Marie Eugène) Henri (Fouques) Duparc (1848 - 1933), "Chanson triste", 1868/1869, orchestrated 1912 [ voice and piano or orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Daniel Fleuret (1869 - 1915), "Chanson triste", published 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from L'Illusion, poème en neuf chants de Jean Lahor, no. 1, Lyon, Éd. Janin Frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Dans ton cœur", <<2011 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Dans ton cœur", 1872, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand, Schoenewerk & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Heinrich Samuel "Marcel" Sulzberger (1876 - 1941), "Chanson triste", 1911 [ soprano and piano ], Zentralbibliothek Zürich, MS [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Marike Lindhout) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright ©
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Xavier Rivera) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 95
In deinem Herzen schläft das Mondlicht, das milde Licht eines Sommermonds, und um dem anstrengenden Leben zu entfliehen, tauche ich mich in deine Helle. Ich werde die gewesenen Schmerzen vergessen, meine Liebe, wenn du mein trauriges Herz und meine Gedanken in der ruhigen Geborgenheit deiner Arme wiegst. Du wirst meinen kranken Kopf So manches Mal auf deinen Schoß nehmen, und ihm eine Ballade erzählen, eine Ballade, die von uns zu handeln scheint. Und aus deinen Augen voller Trauer, aus deinen Augen werde ich so viele Küsse und Zärtlichkeiten trinken, daß ich vielleicht genesen werde.
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Translation of "Chanson triste" = "Das traurige Lied"Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © by Nele Gramß, (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 Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Chanson triste", appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, first published 1875
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 94