Dans la pénombre (Lerberghe, set by G. Fauré) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A quoi, dans ce matin d'avril,
Si douce et d'ombre enveloppée,
La chère enfant au coeur subtil
Est-elle ainsi tout occupée ?

Pensivement, d'un geste lent,
En longue robe, en robe a queue,
Sur le soleil au rouet blanc
A filer la laine bleue

A sourire à son rêve encor,
Avec ses yeux de fiancée,
A tresser des feuillages d'or
Parmi les lys de sa pensée.

Input by Didier Pelat

Authorship

Charles van Lerberghe (1861-1907)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

Le jardin clos

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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English

DUT

Dutch

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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