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by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898)

Apparition
 (Sung text for setting by K. Sorabji)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI ENG GER JPN
La lune s'attristait. Des séraphins en pleurs
Rêvant, l'archet aux doigts, dans le calme des fleurs
Vaporeuses, tiraient de mourantes violes
De blancs sanglots glissant sur l'azur des corolles.
-- C'était le jour béni de ton premier baiser.
Ma songerie aimant à me martyriser
S'enivrait savamment du parfum de la tristesse
Que même sans regret et sans déboire laisse
La cueillaison d'un Rêve au cœur qui l'a cueilli.
J'errais donc, l'œil rivé sur le pavé vieilli
Quand avec du soleil aux cheveux, dans la rue
Et dans le soir, tu m'es en riant apparue
Et j'ai cru voir la fée au chapeau de clarté
Qui jadis sur mes beaux sommeils d'enfant gâté
Passait, laissant toujours de ses mains mal fermées
Neiger de blancs bouquets d'étoiles parfumées.

First published in the revue Lutèce, November 24-30, 1883.

1 K. Sorabji: "de la tristesse"

Composition:

    Set to music by Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892 - 1988), "Apparition", op. 4 no. 3, KSS 7 (1916), published 2002, first performed 2000 [ high voice and piano ], Bath, The Sorabji Archive

Text Authorship:

  • by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Apparition", written 1863, appears in Premiers poèmes, appears in Poésies, first published 1883

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , "Aparició", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Yen-Chiang Che) , "幻影", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "Apparition", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Apparition", written 2002, first published 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Apparition", written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Richard von Schaukal) , "Erscheinung"
  • JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "現れ", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Bronisława Ostrowska) , "Zjawa", Kraków, J. Mortkowicz, first published 1911


Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 124

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