Phidylé (Lisle, set by R. Hahn) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Offre un encens modeste aux Lares familiers,
Phidylé, fruits récents, bandelettes fleuries;
Et tu verras ployer tes riches espaliers
  Sous le poids des grappes mûries.

Laisse aux pentes d'Algide, au vert pays Albain,
La brebis qui promet une toison prochaine
Paître cytise et thym sous l'yeuse et le chêne ;
  Ne rougis pas ta blanche main.

Unis au rosmarin le myrte pour tes Lares.
Offerts d'une main pure aux angles de l'autel,
Souvent, ô Phidylé, mieux que les dons plus rares,
  Les Dieux aiment l'orge et le sel.

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Authorship

Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894)

Poèmes antiques

Études latines

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

Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)

Études Latines

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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