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Trois poèmes

Song Cycle by Jeanne Bernard (1895 - 1965)

1. Doute

Language: French (Français) 
Tu m'as dit : "Je pense à toi
 . . . . . . . . . .

— The rest of this text is not
currently in the database but will be
added as soon as we obtain it. —

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Lefèvre (1885 - 1983), as Paul Géraldy, "Doute", appears in Toi et Moi, no. 11, Éd. Stock, first published 1913

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2. Nous deux

Language: French (Français) 
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Text Authorship:

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3. Colloque sentimental  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Dans le vieux parc solitaire et glacé,
Deux formes ont tout à l'heure passé.

Leurs yeux sont morts et leurs lèvres sont molles,
Et l'on entend à peine leurs paroles.

Dans le vieux parc solitaire et glacé,
Deux spectres ont évoqué le passé.

— Te souvient-il de notre extase ancienne ?
— Pourquoi voulez-vous donc qu'il m'en souvienne ?

— Ton cœur bat-il toujours à mon seul nom ?
Toujours vois-tu mon âme en rêve ? — Non.

— Ah ! les beaux jours de bonheur indicible
Où nous joignions nos bouches ! — C'est possible.

— Qu'il était bleu, le ciel, et grand, l'espoir !
— L'espoir a fui, vaincu, vers le ciel noir.

Tels ils marchaient dans les avoines folles,
Et la nuit seule entendit leurs paroles.

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , "Sentimental dialogue", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Ernest Christopher Dowson) , no title, appears in Decorations, in After Paul Verlaine, no. 2
  • ENG English [singable] (Nita Cox) , "The colloquy"
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Gefühlvolles Zwiegespräch", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wehmütige Zwiesprache", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Colloquio sentimentale", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Benjamin Oblitas Mollinedo) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 49-51.

Note: The ampersands (&) as appear in the first publication are changed to "et".


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 122