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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Ta voix grave et basse
Language: French (Français) 
Ta voix grave et basse
Pourtant était douce
Comme du velours,
Telle, en ton discours,
Sur de sombre mousse
De belle eau qui passe.
 
Ton rire éclatait
Sans gêne et sans art,
Franc, sonore et libre.
Tel, au bois qui vibre,
Un oiseau qui part
Trillant son motet.
 
Cette voix, ce rire
Font dans ma mémoire
Qui te voit souvent
Et mort et vivant
Comme un bruit de gloire
Dans quelque martyre.
 
Ma tristesse en toi
S’égaie à ces sons
Qui disent : « Courage ! »
Au cœur que l’orage
Emplit des frissons
De quel triste émoi !
 
Orage, ta rage,
Tais-la, que je cause
Avec mon ami
Qui semble endormi,
Mais qui se repose
En un conseil sage...

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Ta voix grave et basse", appears in Amour [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 (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Ta voix grave et basse", 2020 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-11-02
Line count: 30
Word count: 117

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