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Déjà les beaux jours, - la poussière, Un ciel d'azur et de lumière, Les murs enflammés, les longs soirs; - Et rien de vert: - à peine encore Un reflet rougeâtre décore Les grands arbres aux rameaux noirs! Ce beau temps me pèse et m'ennuie. - Ce n'est qu'après des jours de pluie Que doit surgir, en un tableau, Le printemps verdissant et rose, Comme une nymphe fraîche éclose, Qui, souriante, sort de l'eau.
Authorship
- by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval [author's text not yet checked 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 Auric (1899 - 1983), "Avril", 1925, published 1925 [medium voice and piano], from Cinq Poèmes de Gérard de Nerval, no. 4, Paris, Heugel [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , title 1: "April", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 74
Already, pleasant days - the dust, A sky of azure and light, Flaming walls, long evenings; - And nothing green: - Barely a reddish reflection still decorates The big trees with the black branches! This beautiful weather oppresses and annoys me. It's only after days of rain That the greening and pink Spring can emerge, in a picture, Like a newly born nymph, Who comes out of the water smiling.
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- a text in French (Français) by Gérard Labrunie (1808 - 1855), as Gérard de Nerval
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 71