Une aube affaiblie Verse par les champs La mélancolie Des soleils couchants. La mélancolie Berce de doux chants Mon cœur qui s'oublie Aux soleils couchants. Et d'étranges rêves, Comme des soleils Couchants sur les grèves, Fantômes vermeils, Défilent sans trêves, Défilent, pareils À des grands soleils Couchants sur les grèves.
Paysages tristes
Song Cycle by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909)
1. Soleils couchants
Language: French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Soleils couchants", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) (Emily Wyatt) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Setting Suns", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 1
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Untergehende Sonnen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Chanson d'automne
Language: French (Français)
Les sanglots longs Des violons De l'automne Blessent mon cœur D'une langueur Monotone. Tout suffocant Et blême, quand Sonne l'heure, Je me souviens Des jours anciens Et je pleure ; Et je m'en vais Au vent mauvais Qui m'emporte Deçà, delà, Pareil à la Feuille morte.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Chanson d'automne", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 5, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The long sobs", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Judith Kellock) , "Song of autumn", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Autumn song", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Autumn Song", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 5
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Herbstlied", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Herbstgesang", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Herbstlied", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Árpád Tóth) , "Őszi chanson"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone d'autunno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Teresa Prażmowska) , "Pieśń jesienna", first published 1889
- POL Polish (Polski) (Barbara Beaupré) , "Jesienna pieśń"
3. L'heure du berger [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
La lune est rouge au brumeux horizon ; Dans un brouillard qui danse la prairie S'endort fumeuse, et la grenouille crie Par les joncs verts où circule un frisson ; Les fleurs des eaux referment leurs corolles ; Des peupliers profilent aux lointains, Droits et serrés, leurs spectres incertains ; Vers les buissons errent les lucioles ; Les chats-huants s'éveillent, et sans bruit Rament l'air noir avec leurs ailes lourdes, Et le zénith s'emplit de lueurs sourdes. Blanche, Vénus émerge, et c'est la Nuit.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "L'heure du berger", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "The shepherd's hour", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "The shepherd's hour", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "The Shepherd's Hour", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 6
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Die Schäferstunde", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Pásztoróra", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Pásztoróra", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Bronisława Ostrowska) , "Przedwieczerz", Kraków, J. Mortkowicz, first published 1911
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 59-60.
Research team for this page: Corinne Orde , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
4. Promenade sentimentale [sung text not yet checked]
Language: French (Français)
Le [couchant]1 dardait ses rayons suprêmes Et le vent berçait les nénuphars blêmes ; Les grands nénuphars entre les roseaux Tristement luisaient sur les calmes eaux. Moi j'errais tout seul, promenant ma plaie [Au]2 long de l'étang, parmi la saulaie Où la brume vague évoquait un grand Fantôme laiteux [se]3 désespérant Et pleurant avec la voix des sarcelles Qui se rappelaient en battant des ailes Parmi la saulaie où j'errais tout seul Promenant ma plaie ; et l'épais linceul Des ténèbres vint noyer les suprêmes Rayons du couchant [dans]4 ses ondes blêmes Et des nénuphars, parmi les roseaux, Des grands nénuphars sur les calmes eaux.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Promenade sentimentale", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 3, Paris, Édition Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Sentimental stroll", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Promenade Sentimental", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 3
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 51-52.
1 Déhan: "soleil"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Vierne: "Le"
3 Vierne: "et"
4 Vierne: "en"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Geoffrey Wieting , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 281