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by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)
Translation © by José Miguel Llata

Les Roses d'Ispahan
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG GER ITA SPA SPA
Les roses d'Ispahan dans leur gaîne de mousse,
Les jasmins de Mossoul, les fleurs de l'oranger,
Ont un parfum moins frais, ont une odeur moins douce,
Ô blanche Léïlah! que ton souffle léger.

Ta lèvre est de corail et ton rire léger
Sonne mieux que l'eau vive et d'une voix plus douce.
Mieux que le vent joyeux qui berce l'oranger,
Mieux que l'oiseau qui chante au bord d'un nid de mousse.

Mais le subtile odeur des roses dans leur mousse,
La brise qui se joue autour de l'oranger
Et l'eau vive qui flue avec sa plainte douce
Ont un charme plus sûr que ton amour léger!

Ô Leïlah! depuis que de leur vol léger
Tous les baisers ont fui de ta lèvre si douce
Il n'est plus de parfum dans le pâle oranger,
Ni de céleste arome aux roses dans leur mousse.

L'oiseau, sur le duvet humide et sur la mousse,
Ne chante plus parmi la rose et l'oranger;
L'eau vive des jardins n'a plus de chanson douce,
L'aube ne dore plus le ciel pur et léger.

Oh! que ton jeune amour, ce papillon léger,
Revienne vers mon coeur d'une aile prompte et douce.
Et qu'il parfume encor [les fleurs]1 de l'oranger,
Les roses d'Ispahan dans leur gaîne de mousse.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   G. Fauré 

G. Fauré sets stanzas 1, 2, 4, 6

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1 Fauré: "la fleur"

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Les Roses d'Ispahan", appears in Poèmes tragiques, first published 1884 [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 Ernest de Behault (1882 - 1928), "Les roses d'Ispahan", 1915, published [1915] [ high voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Éd. de l’Art Belge [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philippe Bellenot (1860 - 1928), "Les roses d'Ispahan", published 1907 [ reciter and piano ], Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Les roses d'Ispahan", op. 54 (Cinq mélodies) no. 3, published 1890, Leipzig, Édition M.P. Bélaïeff [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Les Roses d'Ispahan", op. 39 no. 4 (1884), published 1885, orchestrated 1891, stanzas 1,2,4,6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Georges Flé , "Les Roses d'Ispahan", published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poésies mises en musique, no. 4, Édition du Mercure de France [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alain Marie Jacques , "Les Roses d'Ispahan", published 2012 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Émile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926), "Les roses d'Ispahan" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Les roses d’Isfahan", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "The roses of Ispahan", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Die Rosen von Ispahan", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Elena Mariani) , "Le rose d'Ispahan", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Las rosas de Ispahan", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Las rosas de Ispahan", copyright © 2020, (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: 24
Word count: 211

Las rosas de Ispahan
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the French (Français) 
Las rosas de Ispahán en su nido de musgo,
los jazmines de Mosul, las flores del naranjo,
tiene un perfume menos fresco, un olor menos dulce,
¡Oh blanca Leila!, que tu ligero aliento.

Tus labios son de coral, y tu risa ligera
suena mejor que el agua viva, y con una voz más suave.  
Mejor que el alegre viento que acuna el naranjo.
Mejor que el pájaro que canta en el borde de un nido esponjoso.

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¡Oh Leila!, Tras haber huido todos los besos, 
con su ligero vuelo, de tus dulces labios, 
ya no hay más perfume en el pálido naranjo,
ni el celeste aroma de rosas en el musgo.

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¡Oh!.¡Que tu joven amor, esa ligera mariposa,
vuelva hacia mi corazón con aleteo rápido y suave!
Y que perfume de nuevo la flor del naranjo.
y las rosas de Ispahan en su lecho de musgo.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2020 by José Miguel Llata, (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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Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Les Roses d'Ispahan", appears in Poèmes tragiques, first published 1884
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2020-10-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 145

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