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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Dans l'interminable ennui de la plaine
 (Sung text for setting by L. Vierne)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dans l'interminable
Ennui de la plaine,
La neige incertaine
Luit comme du sable.

Le ciel est de cuivre
Sans lueur aucune.
On croirait voir vivre
Et mourir la lune.

Comme des nuées
Flottent gris les chênes
Des forêts prochaines
Parmi les buées.

Le ciel est de cuivre
Sans lueur aucune.
On croirait vivre
Et mourir la lune.

Corneilles poussives,
Et vous, les loups maigres,
Par ces bises aigres
Quoi donc vous arrive?

Dans l'interminable
Ennui de la plaine
La neige incertaine
Luit comme du sable . . .

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Dans l'interminable ennui de la plaine", op. 38 no. 1 (1916), published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], from Spleens et Détresses, no. 1, Paris, Salabert

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1874, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 8, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874

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

  • ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "In the endless tedium of the plain", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 88

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