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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Résignation
Language: French (Français) 
Tout enfant, j'allais rêvant Ko-Hinnor,
Somptuosité persane et papale,
Héliogabale et Sardanapale !

Mon désir créait sous des toits en or,
Parmi les parfums, au son des musiques,
Des harems sans fin, paradis physiques !

Aujourd'hui, plus calme et non moins ardent,
Mais sachant la vie et qu'il faut qu'on plie,
J'ai dû refréner ma belle folie,
Sans me résigner par trop cependant.

Soit ! le grandiose échappe à ma dent,
Mais, fi de l'aimable et fi de la lie !
Et je hais toujours la femme jolie,
La rime assonante et l'ami prudent.

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, pages 13-14.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Résignation", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 1. Melancholia, no. 1, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Anatole Lancel (1850 - c1903), "Résignation", 1895 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Resignation", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 1. Melancholia, no. 1


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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 90

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