Comme les anges à l'œil fauve, Je reviendrai dans ton alcôve Et vers toi glisserai sans bruit Avec les ombres de la nuit ; Et je te donnerai, ma brune, Des baisers froids comme la lune Et des caresses de serpent Autour d'une fosse rampant. Quand viendra le matin livide, Tu trouveras ma place vide, Où jusqu'au soir il fera froid. Comme d'autres par la tendresse, Sur ta vie et sur ta jeunesse, Moi, je veux régner par l'effroi.
Confirmed with Les Fleurs du mal, Spleen et Idéal, Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857, pages 166-167. Note: this was number 72 in the 1857 edition of Les Fleurs du mal but 63 or 65 in subsequent editions.
Authorship
- by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le revenant", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 65, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise [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 Albert Bertelin (1872 - 1951), "Le revenant" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 7, Éd. Loret Fils et H. Freytag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stéphane Blet (b. 1969), "Le revenant", op. 100 no. 3 (2004?), published 2004 [ medium voice and piano ], from 4 Mélodies d’après “Les Fleurs du mal” de Baudelaire opus 100, no. 3, Éd. Combre [sung text not yet checked]
- by Léo Ferré (1916 - 1993), "Le revenant", published 1970 [ voice and piano ], Éd. S.E.M.I. Méridian [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963), "Le revenant", 1944, published 1999 [ voice and piano ], Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aimée Strohl, dit Rita Strohl (1865 - 1941), "Le Revenant", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Dix poésies mises en musique, no. 5, Paris: F. Toledo & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Haasz) , "Příšera", Prague, J. Otto, first published 1919
- ENG English (Cyril Meir Scott) , "The Ghost", appears in The Flowers of Evil, London, Elkin Mathews, first published 1909
- GER German (Deutsch) (Stefan George) , "Das Gespenst", appears in Die Blumen des Bösen, in Trübsinn und Vergeisterung, Berlin: Bondi, first published 1901
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-10-01
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Jak anděl, v zraku rudou zlobu, já navrátím se ve tvou kobu a vplížím, nedělaje hluk, když táhne nočních stínů pluk; a líbat budu tě, má snědá, tak chladně, jako luna bledá, a budu tebe objímat, jak leze kolem jámy had. Ty uvidíš pak v siné ráno mé místo prázdné zanecháno, tam bude do večera chlad. Jak jiní něžnosti své vnadou, já nad žitím tvým, dobou mladou, chci samou hrůzou panovat!
Confirmed with BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Výbor z Květů zla II, translated by Jaroslav Haasz, Praha: J. Otto, 1919, page 64.
Authorship
- by Jaroslav Haasz (1860 - 1939), "Příšera", Prague, J. Otto, first published 1919 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in French (Français) by Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867), "Le revenant", appears in Les Fleurs du mal, in 1. Spleen et Idéal, no. 65, Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-08-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 71