L'ombre est douce et mon maître dort Coiffé d'un bonnet conique de soie Et son long nez jaune en sa barbe blanche. Mais moi, je suis éveillée encor Et j'écoute au dehors Une chanson de flûte où s'épanche Tour à tour la tristesse ou la joie. Un air tour à tour langoureux ou frivole Que mon amoureux chéri joue, Et quand je m'approche de la croisée Il me semble que chaque note s'envole De la flûte vers ma joue Comme un mystérieux baiser.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "La flûte enchantée", 1944, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "La flûte enchantée", 1903, published 1911 [ soprano or tenor and orchestra ], from Shéhérazade, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La flauta encantada", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "The enchanted flute", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Flötenzauber", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Tryllefløyten", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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