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by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs

La pluie fine a mouillé toutes choses,...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
La pluie fine a mouillé toutes choses, très doucement, et en 
silence. Il pleut encore un peu. Je vais sortir sous les arbres. 
Pieds nus, pour ne pas tacher mes chaussures.

La pluie au printemps est délicieuse. Les branches chargées 
de fleurs mouillées ont un parfum qui m'étourdit. On voit briller 
au soleil la peau délicate des écorces.

Hélas ! que de fleurs sur la terre ! Ayez pitié des fleurs 
tombées. Il ne faut pas les balayer et les mêler dans la boue ; 
mais les conserver aux abeilles.

Les scarabées et les limaces traversent le chemin entre les 
flaques d'eau ; je ne veux pas marcher sur eux, ni effrayer ce 
lézard doré qui s'étire et cligne des paupières.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre-Félix Louis (1870 - 1925), as Pierre Louÿs, "La pluie", appears in Les Chansons de Bilitis, in Bucoliques en Pamphylie, no. 9, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897 [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 Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971), "Sous la pluie", op. 6 no. 1, published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies tirées des Chansons de Bilitis, no. 1, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marcel Pollet (1883 - 1961), "La pluie", published 1908 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Trois chansons de Bilitis, no. 1, Paris, Éditions E. Demets [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 117

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