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by Paul Duval (1855 - 1906), as Jean Lorrain

Pauvres petites Ophélies
Language: French (Français) 
Pauvres petites Ophélies, 
Qui sans batelier ni bateau 
Vous en allez au fil de l'eau, 
Comme vos Hamlets vous oublient ! 

Au fond des mornes cabarets 
Ils se grisent de vin clairet, 
Sans songer si le clair de lune 
Baigne d'un reflet sur l'eau brune 
Vos aveugles yeux sans regards 
De mortes sous les nénuphars. 

Petites vierges trépassées, 
Jadis, vous fûtes fiancées 
Sous l'eau glauque aux tièdes remous 
Dites, vous en souvenez-vous ? 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jean Lorrain, L'ombre ardente. Poésies. Deuxième Mille, Paris, Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1879, page 146.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Duval (1855 - 1906), as Jean Lorrain, "Pauvres petites Ophélies", appears in L'Ombre ardente, in 2. L'Ombre bleue, no. 19, Paris, Éd. Charpentier et Fasquelle, first published 1879 [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 Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937), "Les Petites Ophélies", subtitle: "Conte au bord de l'eau", copyright © 1896 [ high voice and piano ], from Poèmes de Jean Lorrain, no. 2, Éd. L. Grus & Cie [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-10-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 71

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