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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Effet de nuit
Language: French (Français) 
La nuit. La pluie. Un ciel blafard que déchiquette
De flèches et de tours à jour la silhouette
D'une ville gothique éteinte au lointain gris.
La plaine. Un gibet plein de pendus rabougris
Secoués par le bec avide des corneilles
Et dansant dans l'air noir des gigues nonpareilles,
Tandis que leurs pieds sont la pâture des loups.
Quelques buissons d'épine épars, et quelques houx
Dressant l'horreur de leur feuillage à droite, à gauche,
Sur le fuligineux fouillis d'un fond d'ébauche.
Et puis, autour de trois livides prisonniers
Qui vont pieds nus, deux cent vingt-cinq pertuisaniers
En marche, et leurs fers droits, comme des fers de herse,
Luisent à contre-sens des lances de l'averse.

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Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, pages 38-39.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Effet de nuit", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 2. Eaux-fortes, no. 4, 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 Yuri Kasparov (b. 1955), "Effet de nuit", 1996 [ bass-baritone, clarinet, horn, piano, vibraphone and violoncello ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sylvio Lazzari (1857 - 1944), "Effet de nuit", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Poème symphonique d'après un poème de Paul Verlaine, Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fausto Magnani (b. 1899), "Effet de nuit", <<1931 [ high voice and piano ], from Quatre pièces impressionnistes, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Effet de nuit", op. 24, published [1913] [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Effects of Night", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 2. Etchings, no. 4


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

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 113

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