by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)
Madrigal triste See original
Language: French (Français)
I Que m'importe que tu sois sage ? Sois belle ! ... sois triste ! Les pleurs Ajoutent un charme au visage, Comme le fleuve au paysage ; L'orage rajeunit les fleurs. ...
First published by Alphonse Lemerre in Le Parnasse contemporain : receuil de vers nouveaux, premier receuil, 1866; also appears under Spleen et Idéal as number 90 in the 1868 edition of Les Fleurs du mal.
Composition:
- Set to music by Riccardo Piacentini (b. 1958), "Madrigal triste", 1996, stanza 1, from Fugitives. Tre frammenti da Baudelaire, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Madrigal triste", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 90, Paris(?), Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Haasz) , "Smutný madrigal"
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