by
Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval
Belle épousée
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Belle épousée
J'aime tes pleurs!
C'est la rosée
Qui sied aux fleurs.
Les belles choses
N'ont qu'un printemps,
Semons de roses
Les pas du Temps!
Soit brune ou blonde
Faut-il choisir?
Le Dieu du monde,
C'est le Plaisir.
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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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Chanson gothique", 1925, published 1925 [medium voice and piano], from Cinq Poèmes de Gérard de Nerval, no. 2, Paris, Heugel [
text verified 1 time
]
- by Armand-Marie Ghislain Limnander van Nieuwenhove, Baron (1814 - 1892), "Belle épousée
", 1849 [voice and orchestra], from the opera [selections] Les Monténégrins, Act II, Scene 5 [
text not verified
]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , title 1: "Gothic song", copyright ©, (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: 12
Word count: 38
Gothic song
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Beautiful bride,
I love your tears.
They are the dew
Which suits the flowers.
Beautiful things
Have only one spring,
Let us sow roses,
The steps of Time.
Whether she be brown or blonde,
Must one choose?
The God of the world
Is Pleasure.
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval, "Chanson gothique", written 1849
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 45