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C'est l'extase langoureuse,
C'est la fatigue amoureuse,
C'est tous les frissons des bois
Parmi l'étreinte des brises,
C'est vers les ramures grises
Le chœur des petites voix.
O le frêle et frais murmure !
Cela gazouille et susurre,
Cela ressemble au cri doux
Que l'herbe agitée expire...
Tu dirais, sous l'eau qui vire,
Le roulis sourd des cailloux.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Le vent dans la plaine", 1912, published 1913, stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 1, first published 1872
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- CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "It is the langorous ecstasy", copyright ©
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Es ist die verführerische Verzückung", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mónica Luz Alvarez Jiménez) , no title, copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 89
Heus ací l’èxtasi llangorós,
i la fatiga amorosa,
i tots els tremolins del bosc
enmig l’estreta de dels zèfirs,
heus ací en les branquetes grises
el cor de petites veus.
Oh el frèvol i fresc murmuri!
Com refilen i mussiten,
tot s’assembla al crit dolç
que l’herba agitada expira...
Es diria, sota l’aigua virant,
el balandreig sord dels trucs.
...
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Versió cantable per a la cançó de Debussy.
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- Singable translation from French (Français) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Núria Colomer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 1, first published 1872
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 90