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by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907)

Pluie
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il pleut. J'entends le bruit égal des eaux;
Le feuillage, humble et que nul vent ne berce,
Se penche et brille en pleurant sous l'averse;
Le deuil de l'air afflige les oiseaux.

La bourbe monte et trouble la fontaine, 
Et le sentier montre à nu ses cailloux. 
Le sable fume, embaume et devient roux; 
L'onde à grands flots le sillonne et l'entraîne.

Tout l'horizon n'est qu'un blême rideau; 
La vitre tinte et ruisselle de gouttes; 
Sur le pavé sonore et bleu des routes 
Il saute et luit des étincelles d'eau.

Le long d'un mur, un chien morne à leur piste, 
Trottent, mouillés, de grands boeufs en retard; 
La terre est boue et le ciel est brouillard; 
L'homme s'ennuie: oh ! que la pluie est triste !

Text Authorship:

  • by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907) [author's text not yet checked 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 Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934), "Pluie", op. 19b no. 1 (c1917) [ voice and piano ], from Huit Mélodies pour chant avec accompagnement de piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Michael Berridge) , "Rain", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 124

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