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En Sourdine (Claude Debussy)
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- Edition notes: Edition in C Major. English translation by Frederick H. Martens
General Information
Title: En Sourdine
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), from Romances sans paroles: Ariettes oubliées, published 1872
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1888
Description: Original key is E Major. No. 1 from "Fêtes Galantes I".
External websites:
- Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- Another English translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- Italian translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- German translation at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
Original text and translations
French text
En sourdine
- Calmes dans le demi-jour
- Que les branches hautes font,
- Pénétrons bien notre amour
- De ce silence profond.
- Fondons nos âmes, nos coeurs
- Et nos sens extasiés,
- Parmi les vagues langueurs
- Des pins et des arbousiers.
- Ferme tes yeux à demi,
- Croise tes bras sur ton sein,
- Et de ton coeur endormi
- Chasse à jamais tout dessein.
- Laissons-nous persuader
- Au souffle berceur et doux
- Qui vient, à tes pieds, rider
- Les ondes des gazons roux.
- Et quand, solennel, le soir
- Des chênes noirs tombera
- Voix de notre désespoir,
- Le rossignol chantera.
