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Dans un baiser, l'onde au rivage Dit ses douleurs: Pour consoler la fleur sauvage, L'aube a des pleurs; Le vent du soir conte sa plainte Aux vieux cyprès, La tourterelle au térébinthe Ses longs regrets. Aux flots dormants, quand tout repose, Hors la douleur, La lune parle, et dit la cause De sa pâleur. Ton dôme blanc, Sainte-Sophie, Parle au ciel bleu, Et, tout rêveur, le ciel confie Son rêve à Dieu. Arbre ou tombeau, colombe ou rose, Onde ou rocher, Tout, ici-bas, a quelque chose Pour s'épancher... Moi, je suis seul, et rien au monde Ne me répond, Rien que ta voix morne et profonde, Sombre Hellespont!
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Text Authorship:
- by Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845, first published 1845 [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 Louis (Ludwig) Benedictus (1850 - 1921), "Sombre Hellespont", published [1889] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, G. Hartmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau (1857 - 1934), "Dans un baiser, l'onde", published 1903 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Huit mélodies de jeunesse (sur des poèmes de Pierre de Ronsard, C. Hugues, Jean Richepin, Paul Bourget, Paul-Armand Silvestre, R. Rousseil, Théophile Gautier, no. 7, Paris, Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
- by Félipe Comas , "Dans un baiser, l'onde au rivage", published 1900 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Seule!", op. 3 no. 1 (1871), published 1871 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Serge Gut (1927 - 2014), "Seule", 1951 [ soprano and piano ], from Deux mélodies pour ténor ou soprano et piano, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Seule !", 1891, published 1892 [ low voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zoé Jaume (1827 - 1904), "La solitude", published 1862 [ voice and piano ], from Paroles en musique + 8 Mélodies et chansons, no. 4, Paris, E. Saint-Hilaire [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léon Charles François Kreutzer (1817 - 1868), "Mélancolie", published 1847 [ medium voice and piano ], from 26 mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 15, Paris, Richault [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Lunssens (1871 - 1944), "Seule!" [ contralto or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Martin Lunssens (1871 - 1944), "Seule !", 1923 [ contralto or mezzo-soprano and piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patrice Oliva (b. 1974), "Seule" [ soprano and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Philipot (1824 - 1897), "Le soir", subtitle: "Nocturne", op. 131, published 1874 [ vocal duet with piano ], from Poèmes et Chants, Poésies de Théophile Gautier, no. 12, Paris, L. Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antoine Taudou (1846 - 1925), "Seule", published 1873 [ soprano and piano ], in Le monde musical - recueil de musique moderne : volume 1 - le chant, p. 84, Ed. Paris, Enoch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Achille Tramezzani , "Rêverie", published 1875 [ high voice and piano ], Bruxelles, J. B. Katto [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by Félicien César David, Klaus Miehling.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2016
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ramona Gabriela Peter) , "Solo!", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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En una besada, l’ona a la riba parla dels seus dolors: per consolar la flor salvatge, té llàgrimes l’alba; el vent del capvespre relata el seu plany al vell xiprer, la tórtora al terebint les seves grans recances. A les aigües dorments, quan tot reposa, fora el dolor, la lluna parla, i diu la causa de la seva pal·lidesa. La teva cúpula blanca, Santa Sofia, parla al cel blau, i, tot somiador, el cel confia el seu somni a Déu. Arbre o tomba, coloma o rosa, ona o roca, tot, a la terra, té alguna cosa per esplaiar-se... Jo, estic tot sol, i res al món em respon, res més que la teva veu trista i profunda, ombrívol Hel·lespont!
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Translations of title(s):
"Dans un baiser, l'onde" = "En una besada, l’ona "
"Dans un baiser, l'onde au rivage" = "En una besada, l’ona a la riba"
"La solitude" = "La solitud"
"Le soir" = "El capvespre "
"Mélancolie" = "Melangia"
"Rêverie" = "Somnieig"
"Seule" = "Sola"
"Seule !" = "Sola!"
"Sombre Hellespont" = "Ombrívol Hel·lespont"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2023 by Salvador Pila, (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 Pierre-Jules-Théophile Gautier (1811 - 1872), appears in Poésies diverses, poésies nouvelles et inédites, poésies posthumes, in Poésies diverses 1838-1845, first published 1845
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-25
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Word count: 119