by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ITA
L'étoile a pleuré rose au coeur de tes oreilles, L'infini roulé blanc de ta nuque à tes reins La mer a perlé rousse à tes mammes vermeilles Et l'homme saigné noir à ton flanc souverain.
Composition:
- Set to music by Hans Krása (1899 - 1944), "Quatrain", 1943 [ baritone, clarinet, viola, and violoncello ], from 3 Lieder, no. 1, also set in Czech (Čeština)
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Quartina", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Frieder Anders
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-04
Line count: 4
Word count: 35