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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Tantalized
Language: French (Français) 
L'aile où je suis donnant juste sur une gare,
J'entends de nuit (mes nuits sont blanches) la bagarre
Des machines qu'on chauffe et des trains ajustés,
Et vraiment c'est des bruits de nids répercutés
À des cieux de fonte et de verre et gras de houille.
Vous n'imaginez pas comme cela gazouille
Et comme l'on dirait des efforts d'oiselets
Vers des vols tout prochains à des cieux violets
Encore et que le point du jour éclaire à peine.
Ô ces wagons qui vont dévaler dans la plaine !

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Tantalized", written 1874, appears in Parallèlement, in Révérence parler, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1889 [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 Antoine Duhamel (1925 - 2014), "Tantalized", 1995, published 1997 [ baritone and piano ], from Révérence parler, no. 5, Édition Notissimo [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-07-01
Line count: 10
Word count: 87

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