by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Language: French (Français)
L'Océan sonore Palpite sous l'œil De la lune en deuil Et palpite encore, Tandis qu'un éclair Brutal et sinistre Fend le ciel de bistre D'un long zigzag clair, Et que chaque lame En bonds convulsifs Parmi les récifs Va, vient, luit et clame, Et qu'au firmament, Où l'ouragan erre, Rugit le tonnerre Formidablement.
Composition:
- Set to music by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Marine", op. 38 no. 10 (1916), published 1924 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Spleens et Détresses, no. 10, Éd. Maurice Sénart (Salabert)
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Marine", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 2. Eaux-fortes, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Marine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Marine", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 2. Etchings, no. 3
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Seestück", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Geoffrey Wieting , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
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Word count: 55