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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Dans l'herbe noire
Language: French (Français) 
Dans l'herbe noire
Les Kobolds vont.
Le vent profond
Pleure, on veut croire.

Quoi donc se sent ?
L'avoine siffle.
Un buisson gifle
L'oeil au passant.

Plutôt des bouges
Que des maisons.
Quels horizons
De forges rouges !

On sent donc quoi ?
Des gares tonnent,
Les yeux s'étonnent,
Où Charleroi ?

Parfums sinistres !
Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
Quoi bruissait
Comme des sistres ?

Sites brutaux !
Oh ! votre haleine,
Sueur humaine,
Cris des métaux !

Dans l'herbe noire
Les Kobolds vont.
Le vent profond
Pleure, on veut croire.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Charleroi", appears in Romances sans paroles, in Paysages belges, no. 2 [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 Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Charleroi", <<1971 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Les kobolds", published [1912] [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-04
Line count: 28
Word count: 81

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