La lune blanche Luit dans les bois ; De chaque branche Part une voix Sous la ramée... Ô bien aimée. L'étang reflète, Profond miroir, La silhouette Du saule noir Où le vent pleure... Rêvons, c'est l'heure. Un vaste et tendre Apaisement Semble descendre Du firmament Que l'astre irise... C'est l'heure exquise.
Sur des poèmes de Paul Verlaine
Song Cycle by Albert Doyen (1882 - 1935)
1. C'est l'heure exquise [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Píseň"
- ENG English (Grant A. Lewis) , "The white moon", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "The Moment of Ecstasy", written 2002, first published 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kalpea kuu ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Der weiße Mond", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , no title
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Λευκή σελήνη", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Árpád Tóth) , "La lune blanche"
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Dezső Kosztolányi) , "Fehér hold"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La luna bianca", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "La hora exquisita", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "La luna blanca", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Un grand sommeil noir [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Un grand sommeil noir Tombe sur ma vie : Dormez, tout espoir, Dormez, toute envie ! Je ne vois plus rien, Je perds la mémoire Du mal et du bien... Ô la triste histoire ! Je suis un berceau Qu'une main balance Au creux d'un caveau : Silence, silence !
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1873, appears in Sagesse, in Sagesse III, no. 5, first published 1880
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Píseň"
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Egy álom", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. Le foyer, la lueur étroite de la lampe [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Le foyer, la lueur étroite de la lampe; La rêverie avec le doigt contre la tempe Et les yeux se perdant parmi les yeux aimés ; L'heure du thé fumant et des livres fermés ; La douceur de sentir la fin de la soirée ; La fatigue charmante et l'attente adorée De l'ombre nuptiale et de la douce nuit, Oh ! tout cela, mon rêve attendri le poursuit Sans relâche, à travers toutes remises vaines, Impatient [des]1 mois, furieux des semaines !
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 14, first published 1870
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Joost van der Linden) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Mulder: "mes"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
4. L'heure du berger [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
La lune est rouge au brumeux horizon ; Dans un brouillard qui danse la prairie S'endort fumeuse, et la grenouille crie Par les joncs verts où circule un frisson ; Les fleurs des eaux referment leurs corolles ; Des peupliers profilent aux lointains, Droits et serrés, leurs spectres incertains ; Vers les buissons errent les lucioles ; Les chats-huants s'éveillent, et sans bruit Rament l'air noir avec leurs ailes lourdes, Et le zénith s'emplit de lueurs sourdes. Blanche, Vénus émerge, et c'est la Nuit.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "L'heure du berger", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "The shepherd's hour", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "The shepherd's hour", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "The Shepherd's Hour", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 6
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Die Schäferstunde", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Pásztoróra", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Pásztoróra", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Bronisława Ostrowska) , "Przedwieczerz", Kraków, J. Mortkowicz, first published 1911
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 59-60.
Research team for this page: Corinne Orde , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 253