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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Le soleil, moins ardent, luit clair au...
Language: French (Français) 
Le soleil, moins ardent, luit clair au ciel moins dense.
Balancés par un vent automnal et berceur,
Les rosiers du jardin s’inclinent en cadence.
L’atmosphère ambiante a des baisers de sœur.

La Nature a quitté pour cette fois son trône
De splendeur, d’ironie et de sérénité :
Clémente, elle descend, par l’ampleur de l’air jaune,
Vers l’homme, son sujet pervers et révolté.

Du pan de son manteau que l’abîme constelle,
Elle daigne essuyer les moiteurs de nos fronts,
Et son âme éternelle et sa forme immortelle
Donnent calme et vigueur à nos cœurs mous et prompts.

Le frais balancement des ramures chenues,
L’horizon élargi plein de vagues chansons,
Tout, jusqu’au vol joyeux des oiseaux et des nues,
Tout, aujourd’hui, console et délivre. — Pensons.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poèmes saturniens, Volume I, Œuvres complètes, Vanier, 1902, p.75


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in Épilogue, no. 1 [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 Julia Schwartz (b. 1963), "Épilogue I", copyright © 2024 [ satb chorus ], from The Wind and the Weather, no. 3, Carus-Verlag
        Publisher: Carus-Verlag [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-10-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 123

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