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by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898)

Renouveau
Language: French (Français) 
Le printemps maladif a chassé tristement 
L'hiver, saison de l'art serein, l'hiver lucide, 
Et, dans mon être à qui le sang morne préside
L'impuissance s'étire en un long bâillement.

Des crépuscules blancs tiédissent sous mon crâne 
Qu'un cercle de fer serre ainsi qu'un vieux tombeau
Et triste, j'erre après un rêve vague et beau, 
Par les champs où la sève immense se pavane

Puis je tombe énervé de parfums d'arbres, las, 
Et creusant de ma face une fosse à mon rêve, 
Mordant la terre chaude où poussent les lilas, 

J'attends, en m'abîmant que mon ennui s'élève... 
-- Cependant l'Azur rit sur la haie et l'éveil 
De tant d'oiseaux en fleur gazouillant au soleil.

First published in Le Parnasse contemporain, May 12, 1866.


Text Authorship:

  • by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842 - 1898), "Renouveau", written 1862, first published 1866 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Vittorio Gui (1885 - 1975), "Renouveau", 1914 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Pizzi & C. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Renouveau", 1938, published 1944 [ medium voice and piano ], from Six mélodies sur des poèms Symbolistes, no. 1, Éd. Amphion [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 112

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