L'Océan sonore Palpite sous l'œil De la lune en deuil Et palpite encore, Tandis qu'un éclair Brutal et sinistre Fend le ciel de bistre D'un long zigzag clair, Et que chaque lame En bonds convulsifs [Le long des]1 récifs Va, vient, luit et clame, Et qu'au firmament, Où l'ouragan erre, Rugit le tonnerre Formidablement.
Deux Mélodies sur des poèmes de Paul Verlaine
Song Cycle by Graciane Finzi (b. 1945)
2. Marine [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Marine", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 2. Eaux-fortes, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Marine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Marine", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 2. Etchings, no. 3
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Seestück", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Eaux-fortes, pages 36-37. First appeared in Parnasse contemporain, April 28, 1866.
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