La Colombe
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Colombe, l'amour et l'esprit
Qui engendrâtes Jésus-Christ,
Comme vous j'aime une Marie.
Qu'avec elle je me marie.
Authorship:
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 Ballif (1924 - 2004), "La Colombe", op. 1b no. 26 (1945-48), published 1994 [ voice and piano ], from Le Cortège d’Orphée, no. 26, Édition Durand & Fils [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "La Colombe", op. 17a no. 26 (1919), from Le Bestiaire, no. 26 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rachel Laurin (b. 1961), "La Colombe", op. 22 no. 4 (1992), copyright © 1992 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Bestiaire, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "La Colombe", FP 15b no. 2 (1918-1944) [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies inédites du Bestiaire, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The dove", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 17
The dove
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Dove, love and spirit
Who begat Jesus Christ,
Like you, I love a [girl named] Mary.
With her, I will marry.
Translator's note: "Dove" refers to Mary, the mother of Jesus. This poem plays with the different meaning of Mary and marry.
Authorship:
- 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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This text was added to the website: 2016-04-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 21