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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Le dernier dizain
Language: French (Français) 
Ô Belgique qui m'a valu ce dur loisir,
Merci! J'ai pu du moins réfléchir et saisir 
Dans le silence doux et blanc de tes cellules
Les raisons qui fuyaient comme des libellules
A travers les roseaux bavards d'un monde vain,
Les raisons de mon être éternel et divin,
Et les étiqueter comme en un beau musée 
Dans les cases en fin cristal de ma pensée.
Mais, ô Belgique, assez de ce huis-clos têtu! 
Ouvre enfin car c'est bon pour une fois, sais-tu!

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Le dernier dizain", written 1885, appears in Parallèlement, in Révérence parler, no. 7, 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), "Le dernier dizain", 1995, published 1997 [ baritone and piano ], from Révérence parler, no. 7, 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: 82

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