by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949)
Fauves las
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Ô les passions en allées, Et les rires et les sanglots! Malades et les yeux mi-clos Parmi les feuilles effeuillées, Les chiens jaunes de mes péchés, Les hyènes louches de mes haines, Et sur l'ennui pâle des plaines Les lions de l'amour couchés! En l'impuissance de leur rêve Et languides sous la langueur De leur ciel morne et sans couleur, Elles regarderont sans trève Les brebis des tentations S'éloigner lentes, une à une, En l'immobile clair de lune, Mes immobiles passions.
Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), "Fauves las", appears in Serres chaudes, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1889 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Fauves las", op. 24 no. 4 (1896), published 1910 [ medium voice and piano ], from Serres Chaudes, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Oboe Lee (b. 1945), "Fauves las", 2020, copyright © 2021 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons de Maeterlinck, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sophie Huet) , "Lazy Beasts", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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