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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation © by Emily Ezust
Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des...
Language: French (Français)
Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches Et puis voici mon cœur qui ne bat que pour vous. Ne le déchirez pas avec vos deux mains blanches Et qu'à vos yeux si beaux l'humble présent soit doux. J'arrive tout couvert encore de rosée Que le vent du matin vient glacer à mon front. Souffrez que ma fatigue, à vos pieds reposée, Rêve des chers instants qui la délasseront. Sur votre jeune sein laissez rouler ma tête Toute sonore encore de vos derniers baisers ; Laissez-la s'apaiser de la bonne tempête, Et que je dorme un peu puisque vous reposez.
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• G. Bachlund • A. Caplet • C. Debussy • G. Fauré • R. Hahn • F. TostiAbout the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Green", appears in Romances sans paroles, in Aquarelles, no. 1, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Max Arham (flourished 1911-1917), "Green" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Selim Arondel de Hayes (1875 - 1948), "Green", [1899] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aymar du Charmel , "Voici des fruits", published [1921] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Azémar (1873 - 1934), "Green", [1914] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Green", 1990 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marc-Gustave Bacon (b. 1913), "Green", published [1944] [ voice and piano ], Paris, M. Bacon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gilbert Beaume (1888 - 1967), "Offrande", 1948 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Bonneau (1918 - 1995), "Green", published 1955 [ voice and piano ], from Six poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Paris, S.E.M.I. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Green", 1886 [ voice and piano ], lost [sung text not yet checked]
- by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952), "Green", op. 23 no. 2, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Sept Poésies de Paul Verlaine = Sieben Gedichte von Paul Verlaine, no. 2, Leipzig, Milan: Éd. Elite No. 205 Edition D. Rahter (4408), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Brun (d. 1961), "Offrande", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Lemoine ; published in 1909 with a translation to English titled "An offering" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-René Buvat (1897 - 1953), "Green" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-René Buvat (1897 - 1953), "Green", 1948 [ voice and piano ], from La flûte de Pan [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 - 1957), "Green", [1903] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "Green", 1902, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Le Havre, Hurstel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by A. Cascarret , "Green", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], Elbeuf, Éd. Angot Frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gérard de Chambéret (1887 - 1941), "Green", published [1917] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Demets [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armand Chamboissier (1912 - 1991) and by M. Lafarge , "Green", [1956] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeanne Chaudet (1866 - 1927), "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Chenard-Huché (1864 - 1937), "Voici des fruits", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aloys Claussmann (1850 - 1926), "Green", op. 57 (Quatre mélodies) no. 3, published [1913] [ high voice and piano ], Clermont-Ferrand, Éditions Charles Perretière [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Collin , "Voici des fruits, des fleurs", 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Félipe Comas , "Green", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Cornet (d. 1946), as Charles Tenroc, "Green", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fernand Corot , "Green", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emilio Dal Monte , "Offrande", 1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Darras (b. 1922), "Green", published [1945] [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Rousselot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincenzo Davico (1889 - 1969), "Green", 1910, published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Trois chants d'amour, no. 3, Nice, Delrieu [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Green", L. 63/(60) no. 5 (1885-7), published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Ariettes oubliées, no. 5, Paris, Vve E. Girod [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert De Klerk (1917 - 1998), "Green" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fidès Devriès (1852 - 1941?), "Offrande", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Green", 1915 [ baritone and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Dôme , "Green", [1943] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Dulaurens (1873 - 1932), "Green" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Dumas (1877 - 1952), "Green", published 1929 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sté Buffet; Évette [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Dupont (1878 - 1914), "Offrande", published 1929 [ voice and piano ], Douai, G. Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Durel (d. 1937), "Green", published 1920 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond-E. Falconnet , "Pour Green", 1920 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924), "Green", op. 58 no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies "de Venise", no. 3, Paris, Hamelle [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Léo Ferré (1916 - 1993), "Green" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léo Ferré (1916 - 1993), "Green", published 1970 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Nouvelles Éditions Méridian [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Ferrier , "Green", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Nice, J. Ferrier, in a supplement to L'Olivier, June 1912 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice Franck (b. 1897), "Green", [1946] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Gailhard (1885 - 1966), "Green", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Les heures tendres, no. 3, Paris, Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre Galan , "Green", [1918] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hélène Gilbert , "Tendre aubade", published 1906 [ voice and piano ], Paris, A. Bourlant [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Grécourt , "Green", published [1913] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, H. Maquaire [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Guillon , "Green", 1913?, published 1914 [ voice and piano ], in the revue La Musique, no. 55 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Offrande", 1891, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies - 1er volume, no. 8, Paris, Quinzard [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Tibor Harsányi (1898 - 1954), "Green", c1943 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq chants nostalgiques, no. 5, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Chenard Huche , "Green" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Camille-Louis Joly (1870 - 1944), "Green", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hérelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges-E. Jouanneau , "Green", [1920] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie-Sophie-Gildippe, duchesse de La Roche-Guyon, née Odoard du Hazé , "Green", published 1916 [ voice and piano with optional harp ], Paris, Contarel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gabriel Laurent , "Green", [1946] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sylvio Lazzari (1857 - 1944), "Green", 1919, published 1923 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules Le Febvre , "Green", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], Bruxelles, Les Éditions modernes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Louis Iwan Le Grand (1894 - 1964), "Voici des fruits", c1945 [ voice and piano ], from Aquarelles, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raymond Leibner , "Esquisse", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Paris, self-published [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert-Arthur Lely (1882 - 1935), "Green", published [1926] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Grus [sung text not yet checked]
- by F.-M. Le Tonnelier de Breteuil , "Green", [1923] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel L'Herbier (1888 - 1979), "Green", published 1934 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dinu Lipatti (1917 - 1950), "Green", op. 9 no. 2 (1941), published 1985 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des Poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 2, note: published in Romania as Cinci Lieduri pe Versuri de Verlaine, Bucarest, Editura muzicala [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Lombard , "Green" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Maderna (1920 - 1973), "Green", 1946-47, published 1997 [ soprano and piano ], from Liriche su Verlaine per voce di soprano e pianoforte, no. 1, Milan, Édition Suvini Zerboni [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Baptiste Maïsse , "Green", published [1924] [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Maïsse [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carlos de Mesquita (1864 - 1953), "Green" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeanne Amélie Messager, née Ledrelle (1887 - 1971), "Green", 1894, published [1910] [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Siéver [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lydie Michaïloff (1893 - 1979), "Green" [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Willem Mulder (1898 - 1959), "Green", 1917, published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Trois chansons, no. 1, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Florencio-Joseph-Waldetrudis Odero (1872 - 1943), "Green", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Gregh ; Paris, Quinzard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Héctor Panizza (1875 - 1967), "Green", op. 24 no. 2, published 1899 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Neuf poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 2, Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Attilio Parelli (1874 - 1944), "Green", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], New York, Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Pénau, signe Roger-Pénau (1886 - 1961), "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Justin Pons , "Green", published [1925] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie-Iris Renard, dite A. Maysonnade (1874 - 1943), "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Renoux , "Green", published 1922 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Reynaud , "Prière d'amour", published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Vve G. Courleux [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Reysz, dit Carlo Syrlin (1889 - 1968), "Green", 1938 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Ribiollet (1855 - 1921), "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugène Riégel , "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jeanne Rivet , "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Robert (1874 - 1943), "Green", 1908, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Huit Mélodies, no. 1, Aire-sur-l'Adour, Labastie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955), "Voici des fruits", published c1919 [ voice and piano ], from Feuillets d'Art, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Lucien Roudière (1875 - 1938), "Green", published [1905] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Gallet [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), "Green", 1907?, published <<1910 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Ryder , "Green", 1921, published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], in the revue La Musique, no. 61 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges Saint-Levé d'Aguerre (1886 - 1969), as Georges Daguerre, "Green", 1916?, published [1916] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Aerts [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre Salet , "Aquarelle", published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Prioré [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry Sauveplane (1892 - 1942), "Green", published 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2, Paris, H. Sauveplane ; Paris, Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marius César Scotto (1888 - 1960), "Green", 1921?, published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], in the revue La Musique, no. 46 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giovanni Battista Sorbi (1874 - 1953), "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by ? de Souza-Meïral , "Green", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Laudy [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean.-P. Strauwen , "Green", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], Bruxelles, G. &OEligrtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc (1875 - 1956), "Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches", 1925, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gaston Testard-Vaillant (1860 - 1949), "Green", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Sénart ; as Gaston Vaillant [sung text not yet checked]
- by François Luc Joseph Thomé (1850 - 1909), as Francis Thomé, "Offrande", 1905, copyright © 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916), "Rêve", 1893 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by René Vanzande, dit René de Sable (1873 - 1933), "Green", [1913] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Vasseur (1886 - 1945), "Green" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Stefan George (1868 - 1933) , "Green", appears in Zeitgenössische Dichter, in Frankreich, in Paul Verlaine, in Aus: Lieder ohne Worte ; composed by Winfried Zillig.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 - 1952) , "Grün" ; composed by Serge Bortkiewicz.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Green", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Bronisława Ostrowska) , "Green", Kraków, first published 1911
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 101
Here are some fruit, some flowers, some...
Language: English after the French (Français)
Here are some fruit, some flowers, some leaves and some branches, And then here is my heart, which beats only for you. Do not rip it up with your two white hands, And may the humble present be sweet in your beautiful eyes! I arrive all coverered in dew, Which the wind of morning comes to freeze on my forehead. Suffer my fatigue as I repose at your feet, Dreaming of dear instants that will refresh me. On your young breast allow my head to rest, Still ringing with your last kisses; Let it calm itself after the pleasant tempest, And let me sleep a little, since you are resting.
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Translations of titles
"Green" = "Green"
"Voici des fruits" = "Here are some fruit"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Green", appears in Romances sans paroles, in Aquarelles, no. 1, first published 1872
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 110