Sept mélodies, 2ème série

Il [pleure]1 dans mon cœur
Comme il pleut sur la ville ;
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénètre mon cœur ?

Ô bruit doux de la pluie,
Par terre et sur les toits !
Pour un cœur qui s'ennuie,
Ô le [chant]2 de la pluie !

Il pleure sans raison
Dans [ce]3 cœur qui s'écœure.
Quoi ! nulle trahison ? ...
[Ce]4 deuil est sans raison.

C'est bien la pire peine,
De ne savoir pourquoi...
Sans amour et sans haine
Mon cœur a tant de peine !

Text Authorship:

• by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874

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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
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Peter Low) , "There is weeping in my heart", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Thomas Ang) , "In my heart it weeps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Es weint in meinem Herzen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Es weint in meinem Herz", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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¹ Rostand: "pleut"
² Debussy: "bruit"
³ Fauré, Rostand: "mon"; Madetoja: "le"
⁴ Fauré, Rostand: "Mon"

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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.

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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]