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Song Cycle by Édouard Dreyfus Gonzales du Premio-Real (1876 - 1941), as Jean Dora

7. À Clymène  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Mystiques barcarolles,
Romances sans paroles,
Chère, puisque tes yeux,
  Couleur des cieux,

Puisque ta voix, étrange
Vision qui dérange
Et trouble l'horizon
  De ma raison,

Puisque l'arôme insigne
De ta pâleur de cygne,
Et puisque la candeur
  De ton odeur,

Ah ! puisque tout ton être,
Musique qui pénètre,
Nimbes d'anges défunts,
  Tons et parfums,

A, sur d'almes cadences,
En ses correspondances
Induit mon cœur subtil,
  Ainsi soit-il !

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "À Clymène", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 16, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A Clímene", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To Clymène", copyright ©

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 35-36.

Note: The ampersand (&) as appears in the first publication is changed to "et".


Research team for this page: Didier Pelat , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

8. Les Indolents  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
Bah ! malgré les destins jaloux,
Mourons ensemble, voulez-vous ?
— La proposition est rare.

— Le rare est le bon. Donc mourons
Comme dans les Décamérons.
— Hi ! hi ! hi ! quel amant bizarre !

— Bizarre, je ne sais. Amant
Irréprochable, assurément.
Si vous voulez, mourons ensemble ?

— Monsieur, vous raillez mieux encor
Que vous n'aimez, et parlez d'or ;
Mais taisons-nous, si bon vous semble ? —

Si bien que ce soir-là Tircis
Et Dorimène, à deux assis
Non loin de deux silvains hilares,

Eurent l'inexpiable tort
D'ajourner une exquise mort.
Hi ! hi ! hi ! les amants bizarres.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Les indolents", written 1866, appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 18, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "The Indolent Ones", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 41-42.

Note: The em dash (—) at the end of the second line has been moved to the beginning of the third line as to match the formatting in subsequent editions. The ampersand (&) as appears in the first publication is changed to "et".


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

10. Soleils couchants  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: French (Français) 
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.

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

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poèmes Saturniens, troisième édition, Paris, Léon Vanier, 1894, pages 43-44.


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Total word count: 211
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