Meditative calm | Behave yourself, oh my Pain, and be more tranquil

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by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)

Translation © by Peter Low

Sérénité

(Sung text for setting by A. Mellnäs)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG SPA

 ... 

Le Soleil moribond s'endormir sous une arche,
Et, comme un long linceul traînant à l'Orient,
Entends, ma chère, entends la douce Nuit qui marche.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 4 of the original text.

First published by Alphonse Lemerre in Le Parnasse contemporain : receuil de vers nouveaux, premier receuil, 1866; also appears under Spleen et Idéal as number 102 in the 1868 edition of Les Fleurs du mal.

Composition:

Arne Mellnäs

Nocturnes

Text Authorship:

by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Recueillement", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 104, Paris(?), Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Duma"
ENG English (Peter Low) , "Meditative calm", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Cyril Meir Scott) , "Meditation", appears in The Flowers of Evil, London, Elkin Mathews, first published 1909
SPA Spanish (Español) (Victor Torres) , "Recogimiento", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 114

Meditative calm

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Mellnäs)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

 ... 

 the moribund Sun is falling asleep under an arch.
 And like a long shroud trailing in from the East,
 listen, my dear, listen to the gentle Night approaching.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 4 of the original text.

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Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2001 by Peter Low, (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 Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Recueillement", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 104, Paris(?), Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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