ExclusiveErnest Chausson: 2 Mélodies, Op. 36 - 1. Cantique à l'épouse (Song to the bride)
【Classical music and nature 古典音樂小站】Ernest Chausson: 2 Mélodies, Op. 36 - 1. Cantique à l'épouse (Song to the bride). This beautiful piece was played by Ivan Ilic. It has Creative Commons license (CC BY 3.0 DEED, Attribution 3.0 Unported) and is provided through www.musopen.org.
Amédée-Ernest Chausson was a French romantic composer. He composed his 2 Poèmes, Op. 36, between the years 1896 and 1898. These are two songs for voice and piano, called 'Cantique à l'épouse' and 'Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement'. The first one has music set to original words by Albert Jounet and the second by Jean Moréas (Ioannis A. Papadiamantopoulos). These songs were first published in 1903.
Lyrics:
Song in praise of a wife
English translation © Richard Stokes
Wife with the luminous brow,
Evening now descends
And casts into your eyes
Blood-red rays of light.
The magical dusk
Surrounds you in a pink glow,
Come sing to me a song
Beautiful as a dark rose.
Or rather do not sing,
Come lie on my heart,
Let me kiss your arms
Pale as the blossoming dawn.
The night of your eyes entices me,
Thrilling, mystical night.
Sweet as your happy
And melancholy smile.
And suddenly the depth
Of the devout past,
The mystery and grandeur
Of our true love
Unfolds at the heart of our thoughts,
Like an immense valley
Where deserted forests
Dream in a great silence.
Source: https://oxfordsong.org/
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