Calma en el mediodía

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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Translation © by Pablo Sabat

Calmes dans le demi‑jour

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT CAT ENG ENG GER GER GRE SPA SPA

Calmes dans le demi-jour
Que les branches hautes font,
Pénétrons bien notre amour
De ce silence profond.

Fondons nos âmes, nos cœurs
Et nos sens extasiés,
Parmi les vagues langueurs
Des pins et des arbousiers.

Ferme tes yeux à demi,
Croise tes bras sur ton sein,
Et de ton cœur endormi
Chasse à jamais tout dessein.

Laissons-nous persuader
Au souffle berceur et doux,
Qui vient à tes pieds rider
Les ondes des gazons roux.

Et quand, solennel, le soir
Des chênes noirs tombera,
Voix de notre désespoir,
Le rossignol chantera.

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Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 49-50. Note: first appeared in the journal L'Artiste, July 1, 1868, and then in 1869 in Fêtes galantes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre.

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

Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "En sourdine", written 1868, appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 21, first published 1868 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Calma en el mediodía

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Language: Spanish (Español) after the French (Français)

Calma en el  mediodía,
Que las altas ramas crea,
penetremos nuestro amor
En este silencio profundo.

Fundamos nuestras almas, nuestros corazones
Y nuestros sentidos extasiados
Entre la vaga languidez
De los pinos y los arbustos.

Entrecierra tus ojos
Cruza tus brazos sobre tu pecho
Y desde tu corazón dormido
Ahuyenta para siempre todo propósito.
 
Permitámonos persuadir
Al aliento, adormecedor y  dulce
Que viene, a tus pies,  a arrugar
Las ondas de rojo césped.

Y cuando, solemne, la tarde
Desde los negros robles caiga,
La voz de nuestro desespero,
El ruiseñor cantará.

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Translation of title "En sourdine" = "En sordina"

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a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "En sourdine", written 1868, appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 21, first published 1868
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