Clair de Lune, Op. 46, No. 2 (Gabriel Fauré)
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- (Posted 2021-11-21) CPDL #66824:
- Editor: Stuart Moffatt (submitted 2021-11-21). Score information: A3, 6 pages, 324 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
- (Posted 2008-07-21) CPDL #17602:
- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-21). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 278 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Editions in C Minor and G sharp minor. Lyrics in French and English. English translations by Edith Tilotson.
- (Posted 2006-08-18) CPDL #12331:
- Editor: Pierre Gouin (submitted 2006-08-18). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 149 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright © Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006. Edition is in original key of B minor.
General Information
Title: Clair de Lune, Op. 46 No. 2
Composer: Gabriel Fauré
Lyricist: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: French
Instruments: Piano
First published: 1888
(composed 1887)
Description:
External websites:
- Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Texts Page"
- English 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
Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmants masques et bergamasques,
Jouant du luth et dansant, et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques!
Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L’amour vainqueur et la vie opportune.
Ils n’ont pas l’air de croire à leur bonheur,
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,
Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver, les oiseaux dans les arbres,
Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau,
Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.