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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Marine

(Sung text for setting by L. Vierne)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

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:

Louis Vierne

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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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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

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Seestück

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Vierne)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Der schallende Ozean
Wogt unter dem Blick
Des trauernden Mondes
Und wogt noch immer ,

Als ein Blitz
-- Unheimlich und heftig --
Den schwarzbraunen Himmel
Mit langen, hellen Zickzack teilt,

Und jede Welle
In zuckenden Sprüngen
Unter den Riffen
Hin und her geht, blinkt und schreit,

Und am Firmament,
Wo der Orkan herumirrt,
Tobt der Donner
Mit voller Wucht.

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a text in French (Français) 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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