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Comme un vol criard d'oiseaux en émoi, Tous mes souvenirs s'abattent sur moi, S'abattent parmi le feuillage jaune De mon cœur mirant son tronc plié d'aune Au tain violet de l'eau des Regrets Qui mélancoliquement coule auprès, S'abattent, et puis la rumeur mauvaise Qu'une brise moite en montant apaise, S'éteint par degrés dans l'arbre, si bien Qu'au bout d'un instant on n'entend plus rien, Plus rien que la voix célébrant l'Absente, Plus rien que la voix — ô si languissante! — De l'oiseau qui fut mon Premier Amour, Et qui chante encor comme au premier jour ; Et dans la splendeur triste d'une lune Se levant blafarde et solennelle, une Nuit mélancolique et lourde d'été, Pleine de silence et d'obscurité, Berce sur l'azur qu'un vent doux effleure L'arbre qui frissonne et l'oiseau qui pleure.
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Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 61-62.
Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Le Rossignol", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 7, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 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 Robert Bergmann (1907 - 1972), "Le rossignol", 1934, published 1935 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Chants lunaires, no. 1, Nice, Editions musicales Delrieu Frères [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Alexandrovitch de Hartmann (1885 - 1956), "Le rossignol", op. 69 no. 7, published 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, no. 7, Paris, Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emmanuel Hieaux (b. 1958), "Rossignol", 2014 [ soprano and piano ], from Quatre impressions rehaussées de deuil, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Martin Tornov Loeffler (1861 - 1935), "Le rossignol" [ voice, viola, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lucien Mawet (1875 - 1947), "Le rossignol", 1921 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Wilby (b. 1949), "Le rossignol", copyright © 1988, first performed 1983 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ten songs of Paul Verlaine for medium voice and piano, Cycle II : Paysages Tristes, no. 5, Chester Music [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Georg von der Vring (1889 - 1968) [an adaptation] ; composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "The nightingale", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 7, Chicago, Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, first published 1916
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "A fülemüle", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 134
Mint egy raj zajos, nyugtalan madár Ma minden emlékem lecsap reám – Szívem sárga lombja közt cikázik, Hol égerfa görbe törzse látszik Bánat kék vizének fodor-során, Mely mélabúsan elcsorog – s tovább Csapong, zajong; aztán a rossz moraj Csillapodik: mint lusta szélroham Fokról fokra már megtörik a fán És nem hallható semmi se, csupán Csak egy hang hirdeti még Hiányod, Csak egy hang - oly erőtlen, de áldott - A madár, ki Első Szerelmem volt, Hív, ahogy az első hetekben szólt; És az ünnepélyes-haloványan Kelő Hold szomorú sugarában, Búskomor s esetlen nyári éjben, Csöndnek és sötétnek sűrejében, S az égen édes enyhe szél ha jár, Megrezzen a fa, sír a kismadár.
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- Translation from French (Français) to Hungarian (Magyar) copyright © 2015 by Tamás Rédey, (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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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Le Rossignol", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 7, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 111