Romance (Claude Debussy)

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• (Posted 2008-07-18)  CPDL #17586: 

Editor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-18).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 130 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Editions in A Minor and C sharp minor. English translation by Isabella G. Parker.

General Information

Title: Romance
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Paul Bourget^{create page} (1852-1935)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: French
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1891
Description: No. 2 from "Deux Romances". Original key D Major

External websites:

• Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
• 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

L’âme évaporée et souffrante,
L’âme douce, l’âme odorante
Des lis divins que j’ai cueillis
Dans le jardin de ta pensée,
Où donc les vents l’ont-ils chassée,
Cette âme adorable des lis ?
N’est-il plus un parfum qui reste
De la suavité céleste
Des jours ou tu m’enveloppais
D’une vapeur surnaturelle,
Faite d’espoir, d’amour fidèle,
De béatitude et de paix ?