Elegie en prose, Op. 2, No. 9
Music: Berlioz, Neuf (9) Melodies - Irlande
Adapted (in French): Louise Swanton-Belloc from Thomas Moore
Quand celui qui t'adore n'aura laisse derriere lui que
le nom de sa faute et de ses douleurs, oh! dis, dis, pleureras-tu
s'ils noircissent la memoire d'une vie qui fut livree
pour toi. Oui, pleure, pleure! et quel que soit l'arret de mes
ennemis, tes larmes l'effaceront; car, le ciel est temoin que,
coupable envers eux, je ne fus que trop fidele pour toi.
Tu fus l'idole de mes reves d'amour, chaque pensee de ma
raison t'appartenait: dans mon humble et derniere priere
ton nom sera mele avec le mien.
Oh! benis soient les amis, oui, benis soient les amans
qui vivront pour voir les jours de la gloire; mais apres cette
joie, la plus chere faveur que puisse accorder le Ciel, c'est
l'orgueil de mourir pour toi.
Thomas Moore, from Irish Melodies
When he who adores thee
When he who adores thee has left but the name
Of his fault and his sorrow behind,
Oh! say, wilt thou weep when they darken the fame
Of a life that for thee was resign'd?
Yes, weep! and, however my foes may condemn,
Thy tears shall efface their decree;
For Heav'n can witness, though guilty to them,
I have been but too faithful to thee!
With thee were the dreams of my earliest love,
Ev'ry thought of my reason was thine;
In my last humble pray'r to the Spirit above,
Thy name shall be mingled with mine!
Oh! bless'd are the lovers and friends who shall live
The days of the glory to see;
But the next dearest blessing that Heaven can give,
Is the pride of thus dying for thee!
Robert Tear
Elegie en prose (산문에 의한 비가??),
Berlioz의 "9 Melodies - Irlande" 중 9번째에 실린 곡.
그러나 Berlioz의 Neuf (9) melodies 작곡의 동기가 되었던 곡이다:
Berlioz 서신에 의하면 1829년, Berlioz는 Ireland 혁명가 Robert Emmet*의 처형에
관한 Thomas Moore의 위의 시를 처음 듣고 이 "Elegie en prose"를 작곡하였는데
그 후 친구 Thomas Gounet에게 Moore의 시 중 몇을 더 프랑스어로 번역해 주도록
부탁, 그의 Op. 2, "9 Melodies"를 완성하였다.
* Ireland 인으로 영국의 통치에 반항, 1803년 체포된 후 영국 법정에 의해
반역죄를 선고받고 처형당한다.
Let no man write my epitaph... When my country takes her place among the nations
of the earth, then shall my character be vindicated, then may my epitaph be written.
- Robert Emmet -
참고로 9 Melodies는 아래와 같다.
Neuf Melodies - Irlande, Op. 2
1. Coucher du soleil
2. Helene
3. Chant guerrier
4. La Belle Voyageuse
5. Chanson a boire
6. Chant sacre
7. L'Origine de la harpe
8. Adieu Bessy
9. Elegie en prose
