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by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907)

Translation © by Peter Low

Roses ardentes

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG GER

  Roses ardentes
Dans l'immobile nuit,
C'est en vous que je chante
  Et que je suis.

En vous, étincelles,
À la cime des bois,
Que je suis éternelle
  Et que je vois.

  Ô mer profonde,
C'est en toi que mon sang
Renaît vague blonde,
  En flot dansant.

Et c'est en toi, force suprême,
  Soleil radieux,
Que mon âme elle-même
  Atteint son dieu !

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M. Crickboom sets stanza 4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Charles Van Lerberghe, La Chanson d’Ève, Société du Mercure de France, 1904, 2e éd., pages 25-26.

Text Authorship:

by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1903, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 1. Premières paroles, no. 5, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904 [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 Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Roses ardentes", op. 95 no. 3 (1906), published 1906 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from La Chanson d'Ève, no. 3, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Paul Lacombe (1837 - 1927), "Roses ardentes dans l'immobile nuit", op. 132 no. 3 (1907), published [1909] [ high voice and piano ], from La chanson d'Ève, no. 3, Éd. F. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Mathieu Crickboom (1871 - 1947), "Roses ardentes", op. 12 (Dix Mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 9 (1915) [ voice and piano ]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pieter van der Woel) , "Vurige rozen", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , no title, copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Flammende Rosen", 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: 16
Word count: 62

Fiery roses

Language: English after the French (Français)

Fiery roses
in the still night,
in you I am singing,
in you I exist.
 
Sparks
at the tips of the forest,
in you I am eternal,
in you I can see.
 
Deep ocean, in you
my blood is reborn
as a white-capped wave,
as a dancing tide.
 
And in you, supreme force,
radiant sun,
my very soul
reaches its God!

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Translations of titles
"Roses ardentes dans l'immobile nuit" = "Fiery roses in the still night"
"Roses ardentes" = "Fiery roses"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), no title, written 1903, appears in La Chanson d'Ève, in 1. Premières paroles, no. 5, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1904
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 61