Nell

Ta rose de pourpre à ton clair soleil,
   Ô Juin, étincelle enivrée,
Penche aussi vers moi ta coupe dorée:
   Mon coeur à ta rose est pareil.

Sous le mol abri de la feuille ombreuse
   Monte un soupir de volupté:
Plus d'un ramier chante au bois écarté.
   Ô mon coeur, sa plainte amoureuse.

Que ta perle est douce au ciel [parfumé]1.
   Étoile de la nuit pensive!
Mais combien plus douce est la clarté vive
   Qui rayonne en mon coeur, en mon coeur charmé!

La chantante mer. Le long du rivage, 
   Taira son murmure éternel,
Avant qu'en mon coeur, chère amour.
   Ô Nell, ne fleurisse plus ton image!

by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894) , . Note: this is one of the poet's "Scottish Songs", inspired by the lyrics of Burns.

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

by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) , "Nell", op. 18 no. 1 (1878), published 1880.
by Émile Paladilhe (1844-1926) , "Nell", 1877, from Chansons Écossaises, no. ?

ENG English (Peter Low)
GER German (Martin Stock)

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