by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation Singable translation by Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863 - 1961), as G. Hall
La lune blanche
Language: French (Français)
La lune blanche Luit dans les bois ; De chaque branche Part une voix Sous la ramée... Ô bien aimée. L'étang reflète, Profond miroir, La silhouette Du saule noir Où le vent pleure... Rêvons, c'est l'heure. Un vaste et tendre Apaisement Semble descendre Du firmament Que l'astre irise... C'est l'heure exquise.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Píseň"
- ENG English (Grant A. Lewis) , "The white moon", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "The Moment of Ecstasy", written 2002, first published 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kalpea kuu ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Der weiße Mond", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , no title
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Λευκή σελήνη", 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) , "La lune blanche"
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Dezső Kosztolányi) , "Fehér hold"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La luna bianca", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "La hora exquisita", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alberto Bonati) , "La luna blanca", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 50
In the moonshower Matches original text
Language: English after the French (Français)
O'er the wood's brow, Pale, the moon stares; In every bough Wandering airs Faintly suspire... O heart's desire! Two willow-trees Waver and weep. One in the breeze, One in the deep Glass of the stream... Dream we our dream! An infinite Resignedness Rains where the white Mists opalesce In the moon-shower... Stay, perfect hour!
Note: in the Loomis setting, the stanzas with five lines are recited, and the stanzas with just one line are sung.
Composition:
- Set to music by Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865 - 1930), "In the moonshower", op. 70 no. 4, published 1902 [ voice, piano, and violin ], from Monologues with music, no. 4, Newton Centre (Massachusetts), Wa-Wan Press , also set in French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863 - 1961), as G. Hall, "O'er the wood's brow"
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 6, first published 1870
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This text was added to the website: 2020-08-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 54