Text & Translation
Tyndaris
French source:
Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle
Ils aiment les Muses Latines;
Et l’aneth et le myrte et le thym des collines
Croissent aux prés qu’ils m’ont soumis.
Viens! mes ramiers chéris, aux voluptés plaintives,
Ici se plaisent à gémir;
Et sous l’épais feuillage il est doux de dormir
Au bruit des sources fugitives.
Tyndaris
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
They love the Latin Muses;
And dill and myrtle and thyme from the hills
Thrive in the meadows they gave me.
Come! My beloved ring-doves, delighting in grief,
Here are pleased to moan;
And beneath dense leaves it is sweet to sleep
To the sound of running springs.
Tyndaris
French source:
Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle
Tyndaris
English source:
Richard Stokes
Ô blanche Tyndaris, les Dieux me sont amis:
Oh, white Tyndaris, the gods are friends to me:
Ils aiment les Muses Latines;
They love the Latin Muses;
Et l’aneth et le myrte et le thym des collines
And dill and myrtle and thyme from the hills
Croissent aux prés qu’ils m’ont soumis.
Thrive in the meadows they gave me.
Viens! mes ramiers chéris, aux voluptés plaintives,
Come! My beloved ring-doves, delighting in grief,
Ici se plaisent à gémir;
Here are pleased to moan;
Et sous l’épais feuillage il est doux de dormir
And beneath dense leaves it is sweet to sleep
Au bruit des sources fugitives.
To the sound of running springs.
Composer
Reynaldo Hahn
Reynaldo Hahn was a French composer, conductor and music critic. He moved to France at the age of three from Venezuela. Read more here.
Poet
Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle was a French poet of the Parnassian movement. He is traditionally known by his surname only, Leconte de Lisle. Leconte de Lisle was born on the French overseas island of La Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. He…