Songs
Siciliènne
(1845)
Siciliènne
Fleurs qu'adoreLa beauté,Ciel que doreLa gaîté,Loin des villesFrais asiles,Flots tranquillesC'est l'été!Lune pleine,Mer qui luit,Tiède haleineQui la suit.Sous la treille,Douce veille,Sans pareille:C'est la nuit!Feu qui doreTout séjourEt dévoreChaque jour,Deuil et fête,Dans la têteDu poète :C'est l'amour!
Siciliènne
Flowers adornedBy beauty,Sky gildedBy gaiety,Far from towns,Fresh shelters,Peaceful waves,This is summer.Full moon,Gleaming sea,Warm breathWhich follows it.Beneath the vine-arbour,We sweetlyAnd peerlessly lie in wait:This is night.Fire which gildsEvery homeAnd consumesEach day.Mourning and celebration In the headOf the poet:This is love.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of A French Song Companion (Oxford, 2000)
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Composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century.
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Siciliènne
Fleurs qu'adore
La beauté,
Ciel que dore
La gaîté,
Loin des villes
Frais asiles,
Flots tranquilles
C'est l'été!
Lune pleine,
Mer qui luit,
Tiède haleine
Qui la suit.
Sous la treille,
Douce veille,
Sans pareille:
C'est la nuit!
Feu qui dore
Tout séjour
Et dévore
Chaque jour,
Deuil et fête,
Dans la tête
Du poète :
C'est l'amour!
Siciliènne
Flowers adorned
By beauty,
Sky gilded
By gaiety,
Far from towns,
Fresh shelters,
Peaceful waves,
This is summer.
Full moon,
Gleaming sea,
Warm breath
Which follows it.
Beneath the vine-arbour,
We sweetly
And peerlessly lie in wait:
This is night.
Fire which gilds
Every home
And consumes
Each day.
Mourning and celebration
In the head
Of the poet:
This is love.
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
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