Les étoiles (Banville, set by R. Hahn, C. Koechlin) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Les cieux resplendissants d'Étoiles
Aux radieux frissonnements,
Ressemblent à des flots dormants
Que sillonnent de blanches voiles.

Quand l'azur déchire ses voiles,
Nous voyons les bleus firmaments,
Les cieux resplendissant d'Étoiles,
Aux radieux frissonnements.

Quel peintre mettra sur ses toiles,
O dieu! leurs clairs fourmillements,
Ces fournaises de diamants
Qu'à nos yeux ravis tu dévoiles,
Les cieux resplendissants d'Étoiles?

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Authorship

Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891)

Rondels

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)

Douze rondels

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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