Un port est un séjour charmant pour une âme fatiguée des luttes de la vie. L'ampleur du ciel, l'architecture mobile des nuages, les colorations changeantes de la mer, le scintillement des phares, sont un prisme merveilleusement propre à amuser les yeux sans jamais les lasser. Les formes élancées des navires, au gréement compliqué, auxquels la houle imprime des oscillations harmonieuses, servent à entretenir dans l'âme le goût du rythme et de la beauté. Et puis, surtout, il y a une sorte de plaisir mystérieux et aristocratique pour celui qui n'a plus ni curiosité ni ambition, à contempler, couché dans le belvédère ou accoudé sur le môle, tous ces mouvements de ceux qui partent et de ceux qui reviennent, de ceux qui ont encore la force de vouloir, le désir de voyager ou de s'enrichir.
6 mélodies, sur des poèmes et textes de C. Beaudelaire (sic), H. Kaddour, O. Dhénin, un anonyme Éthiopien
Song Cycle by Karol Beffa (b. 1973)
1. Le port [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le port", written 1864
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First published in Revue de Paris, December 20, 1864; then in Petits poèmes en prose. Les Paradis artificiels, in the section Le Spleen de Paris
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2. Hymne à la croix
Language: French (Français)
Croix, Croix, guérison des malades
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3. Le vin nouveau
Language: French (Français)
Le soleil allume en clair obscur
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Text Authorship:
- by Hedi Kaddour (b. 1945), "Le vin nouveau", written 1999, appears in Passage au Luxembourg, Poèmes, in 5. Dames, sans trop d’ardeur..., no. 10, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 2000, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.4. Théâtre du vide
Language: French (Français)
Le rouge à bout d'ombrelle
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Text Authorship:
- by Hedi Kaddour (b. 1945), "Théâtre du vide", appears in Passage au Luxembourg, Poèmes, in 5. Dames, sans trop d’ardeur..., no. 11, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 2000, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.5. La jalousie
Language: French (Français)
C’était comme une montée, mais à l’envers du sentiment
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Text Authorship:
- by Hedi Kaddour (b. 1945), "La douceur", appears in Passage au Luxembourg, Poèmes, in 5. Dames, sans trop d’ardeur..., no. 14, Paris, Éd. NRF Gallimard, first published 2000, copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.6. Le labyrinthe
Language: French (Français)
Dessous les ifs, dans un dédale
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Text Authorship:
- by Olivier Dhénin (b. 1977), "Le labyrinthe", written 2003, appears in Cinq Sonnets et un poème pour Jacob, copyright ©
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