En Sourdine (Claude Debussy)
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- Editor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-18). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 200 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Edition in C Major. English translation by Frederick H. Martens
General Information
Title: En Sourdine
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), from Romances sans paroles: Ariettes oubliées, published 1872
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
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Description: Original key is E Major. No. 1 from "Fêtes Galantes I".
External websites:
- Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- Another English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- Italian translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- German translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
Original text and translations
French text
Calmes dans le demi-jour
Que les branches hautes font,
Pénétrons bien notre amour
De ce silence profond.
Fondons nos âmes, nos cœurs
Et nos sens extasiés,
Parmi les vagues langueurs
Des pins et des arbousiers.
Ferme tes yeux à demi,
Croise tes bras sur ton sein,
Et de ton cœur endormi
Chasse à jamais tout dessein.
Laissons-nous persuader
Au souffle berceur et doux
Qui vient, à tes pieds, rider
Les ondes des gazons roux.
Et quand, solennel, le soir
Des chênes noirs tombera
Voix de notre désespoir,
Le rossignol chantera.