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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Logique
 (Sung text for setting by F. Rzewski)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Quand même tu dirais
Que tu me trahirais
Si c'était ton caprice,
Qu'est-ce que me ferait
Ce terrible secret
Si c'était mon caprice ?

De quand même t'aimer,
-- Dusses-tu le blâmer,
Ou plaindre mon caprice,
D'être si bien à toi
Qu'il ne m'est dieu ni roi
Ni rien que ton caprice ?

Quand tu me trahirais
Eh bien donc, j'en mourrais,
Adorant ton caprice ;
Alors qui me ferait
Un malheur qui serait
Conforme à mon caprice ?

Note: in the antepenultimate line, F. Rzewski uses "que" instead of "qui"; this is probably an error.

Composition:

    Set to music by Frederic Rzewski (1938 - 2021), "Logique", 1992 [ voice, piccolo, flute, violoncello, piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Logique", appears in Chair, first published 1896

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

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 74

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