Au lac de tes yeux très profond
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Au lac de tes yeux très profond
Mon pauvre cœur se noie et fond
Là le défont
Dans l'eau d'amour et de folie
Souvenir et Mélancolie
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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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Au lac de tes yeux très profond", 1947, published 1991 [ voice and piano and flute ], Éd. de l'AARC (Association des Amis de Robert Caby) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Denise Isabelle Roger (b. 1924), "Au lac de tes yeux", 1957, copyright © 1978, first performed 1958 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Complaintes, cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de G. Apollinaire, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-16
Line count: 5
Word count: 26
In the deep lake of your eyes
Language: English  after the French (Français)
In the deep lake of your eyes,
My poor heart drowns itself and melts,
There disintegrating into it
Into this watery love and madness
Memory and melancholy
About the headline (FAQ)
Translation of title "Au lac de tes yeux" = "In the deep lake of your eyes"
Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-11
Line count: 5
Word count: 27