Romance (Claude Debussy)

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Editor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-18).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 130 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Editions in A Minor and C sharp minor. English translation by Isabella G. Parker.

General Information

Title: Romance
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Paul Bourgetcreate page (1852-1935)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo

Genre: SecularArt song

Language: French
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1891

Description: No. 2 from "Deux Romances". Original key D Major

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Original text and translations

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L’âme évaporée et souffrante,
L’âme douce, l’âme odorante
Des lis divins que j’ai cueillis
Dans le jardin de ta pensée,
Où donc les vents l’ont-ils chassée,
Cette âme adorable des lis ?
N’est-il plus un parfum qui reste
De la suavité céleste
Des jours ou tu m’enveloppais
D’une vapeur surnaturelle,
Faite d’espoir, d’amour fidèle,
De béatitude et de paix ?