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Dans l'âme d'Ariel une musique vibre, -- Ô Miranda! c'est la musique de ta voix, -- Qui lui donne un regret du lien d'autrefois Et la haine de l'heure où le Duc l'a fait libre. Il cherche un frais recoin de l'île pour s'asseoir, Frêle esprit au milieu de la fougère frêle; Autour de lui l'eau bleue aux arbres verts se mêle, Et sa lente chanson s'élève avec le soir... » Au long de ces montagnes douces, Dis ! viendras-tu pas à l'appel De ton délicat Ariel Qui veloute à tes pieds les mousses ? » Suave Miranda, je veux Qu'il fasse juste assez de brise Pour que ce souffle tiède frise Les pointes d'or de tes cheveux ! » Les clochettes des digitales Sur ton passage tinteront ; Les églantines sur ton front Effeuilleront leurs blancs pétales. » Sous le feuillage du bouleau Blondira ta tête bouclée ; Et dans le creux de la vallée Tu regarderas bleuir l'eau, » L'eau du lac lumineux ou sombre, Miroir changeant du ciel d'été, Qui sourit avec sa gaité Et qui s'attriste avec son ombre ; » Symbole, hélas! du cœur aimant, Où le chagrin, où le sourire De l'être trop aimé, se mire Gaiment ou douloureusement... «
C. Debussy sets stanzas 3-8
Authorship:
- by Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "La Romance d'Ariel", appears in Les Aveux, in Dilettantisme, in Souvenirs du Nord, no. 5 [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 Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "La Romance d'Ariel", L. 58/(54) (1884), stanzas 3-8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , "La Romànica d'Ariel", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Ariel's romance", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Michael Rapke) , "Ariels Romanze", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 32
Word count: 204
In Ariel’s soul music vibrates, -- Oh Miranda! it’s the music of her voice, — Which causes him regret from past memories And hatred of the hour when the Duke let her go. He seeks a cool corner of the island to relax, [A] frail disembodied spirit amid the fragile ferns; Around him, blue water mixes with green trees, and her languid song lifts itself with the evening [breeze]... “Along these gentle mountains, Say! won’t you come to the call On the delicate Ariel Who smoothes the moss for your feet? “Sweet Miranda, I wish There’d be just enough breeze For this mild1 wind to curl The golden tips of your hair! “The little bells of the foxgloves Will sound at your passing; The wild roses above your head Will shed their white petals. “Under the birch’s foliage Your curls will seem fairer; And in the hollow of the valley You’ll watch the water turn blue, “The lake’s luminous or dark water, Changing mirror of the summer sky, Which smiles in its mirth And which grieves when shadowed; “Token, alas! of a loving heart, Where the sorrow, or the smile Of the best beloved, mirrors Gaily or painfully…”
1 literally, tiède = lukewarm or tepid
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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 Paul Bourget (1852 - 1935), "La Romance d'Ariel", appears in Les Aveux, in Dilettantisme, in Souvenirs du Nord, no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-01
Line count: 32
Word count: 197