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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Mélancolie du soir
Language: French (Français) 
Quand son amoureux l'importune,
Titania prend pour hamac
Le léger croissant de la lune
Et se berce au-dessus d'un lac.

Tous les poissons du fond de l'onde
Alors s'élèvant en nageant,
Pour voir sa chevelure blonde
Qui tombe du hamac d'argent.

Et le ciel couleur d'améthyste,
Eclairé par elle, est si beau,
Que les poissons ont le cœur triste
Et trouvent leur lac un tombeau.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Mélancolie du soir", written 1868, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Georges Adolphe Hüe (1858 - 1948), "Mélancolie du soir", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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