Soprano Alma Gluck ~ Le Nil (1912)

Soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938) / Le Nil (Leroux) / Efrem Zimbalist - violin / Rosaio Bourdon - piano / Recorded: February 19, 1912 --

LE NIL / Xavier Henri Napoleon Leroux (1863-1919)

Les eaux du Nil, toutes pâles, s'écoulent
Sous les étoiles de la nuit,
Des sphinx, aux bords, sur deux rangs se déroulent...
Au milieu, notre barque fuit.

Le bienaimé, s'accoudant sur la proue,
Laisse errer sur moi son oeil doux;
Moi, renversant la tête, je secoue
Mes cheveux d'or sur ses genoux.

Et les grands sphinx, dans la plaine infinie,
Nous regardant passer près d'eux,
Confusément versent une harmonie,
Qui tombe en amour sur nous deux.


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[cypher133]

A loose English version, if I might: "The Nile's waters, always pale, flowing//The stars of night//The sphinx, the riverbank - two rows form//In the midst, our boat sails.//The beloved, leaning over the prow//Let your eye wander over me sweetly//Holding his head, I tremble//My flaxen hair on his knees.//And the great sphinx in the endless plain//We watch them all pass by//In the confusion there is harmony//Love falling in on us." Translation by me, 2010 Hope this helps. a

[CurzonRoad]

@cypher133

Thank you... VERY much... and please continue to be in touch! All Best. Doug --

[fan2jnrc]

The Nil by Xavier Leroux is one of the melodies I love the much. Definitively bewitching...

And she's singing it so splendidly...

Thank you for this magic moment

[CurzonRoad]

@fan2jnrc

In grateful appreciation... thank you!

[2ndviolinist]

Picky, picky - it should read Rosario. Course I never make mistakes on my uploads.

Beautiful all round - Thanks.

[eclecticdufus]

What violinist could get away with those slides nowadays? Her singing and breath control though are stunning. We collectors go after fabled rarities and pay 100s for them and the joke is many of them aren't a third as good as this. Some pretty awful.

[SuperLuckydream]

Haunting, beautifully mesmerizing. Thank you, dear Doug.

[mayatatyana1]

Doug, absolutely magic voice! Thank you. Maya

[cypher133]

@CurzonRoad A loose rendition into English, if I might: "The Nile's waters, always pale, flowing//The stars of night//The sphinx, the riverbanks - two rows form//In the midst our boat sails.//The beloved, leaning over the prow//Let your eye wander over me sweetly//Holding his head, I tremble//My flaxen hair on his knees.//And the great sphinx in the endless plain//We watch them all pass by//In the confusion there is harmony//Love falling in on us." translation by cypher133, 2010.

[CurzonRoad]

Wow! Thank you very, VERY much! As beautiful as Ms. Gluck's voice, technique, style.... and appearance! Thanks again! Doug --