by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
L'ombre des arbres Matches original text
Language: French (Français)
L'ombre des arbres dans la rivière embrumée Meurt comme de la fumée, Tandis qu'en l'air, parmi les ramures réelles, Se plaignent les tourterelles. Combien, ô voyageur, ce paysage blême Te mira blême toi-même, Et que tristes pleuraient dans les hautes feuillées, - Tes espérances noyées.
Composition:
- Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "L'ombre des arbres", L. 63/(60) no. 3 (1885-7), published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Paris, Vve E. Girod
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 9, first published 1872
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "The shadow of the trees in the misty river", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Bäume Schatten", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Stefan George) , no title, appears in Zeitgenössische Dichter, in Frankreich, in Paul Verlaine, in Aus: Lieder ohne Worte, in Vergessene Weisen, no. 9
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Christiane Garoux
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44