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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Ô mort, poussière d'étoiles
 (Sung text for setting by G. Fauré)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG GER
Ô mort, poussière d'étoiles,
Lève-toi sous mes pas !

Viens, ô douce vague qui brilles
Dans les ténèbres ;
Emporte-moi dans ton néant !

Viens, souffle sombre où je vacille,
Comme une flamme ivre de vent !

C'est en toi que je veux m'étendre,
M'éteindre et me dissoudre,
Mort où mon âme aspire !
 ... 

Viens, brise-moi comme une fleur d'écume,
Une fleur de soleil à la cime
Des eaux,
 ... 

Et comme d'une amphore d'or
Un vin de flamme et d'arome divin,
Épanche mon âme
En ton abîme, pour qu'elle embaume
La terre sombre et le souffle des morts.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Ô mort, poussière d'étoiles", op. 95 no. 10 (1906), published 1906 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from La Chanson d'Ève, no. 10, Éd. Heugel

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1903, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 4. Crépuscule, no. 10, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Oh mort, pols d’estrelles", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "O dood, nevel van de sterren", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Oh Death, dust of stars", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "O Tod, du Sternenstaub", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 117

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