Colloque sentimental | Dans le vieux parc solitaire et glacé

Dans le vieux parc solitaire et glacé

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER GER ITA JPN SPA

Dans le vieux parc solitaire et glacé,
Deux formes ont tout à l'heure passé.

Leurs yeux sont morts et leurs lèvres sont molles,
Et l'on entend à peine leurs paroles.

Dans le vieux parc solitaire et glacé,
Deux spectres ont évoqué le passé.

— Te souvient-il de notre extase ancienne ?
— Pourquoi voulez-vous donc qu'il m'en souvienne ?

— Ton cœur bat-il toujours à mon seul nom ?
Toujours vois-tu mon âme en rêve ? — Non.

— Ah ! les beaux jours de bonheur indicible
Où nous joignions nos bouches ! — C'est possible.

— Qu'il était bleu, le ciel, et grand, l'espoir !
— L'espoir a fui, vaincu, vers le ciel noir.

Tels ils marchaient dans les avoines folles,
Et la nuit seule entendit leurs paroles.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 49-51.

Note: The ampersands (&) as appear in the first publication are changed to "et".

Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Colloque sentimental", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 22, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Karl Baraquin (b. 1968), "Colloque sentimental", 1998, published 1998 [ vocal trio for soprano, baritone, and bass with piano ], Éditions musicales Regia [sung text not yet checked]
by Maxime Belliard (1888 - 1986), "Colloque sentimental", [1923] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Jeanne Bernard (1895 - 1965), "Colloque sentimental", 1933 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes, no. 3, Paris, Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Colloque sentimental", 1884, published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]
by Eugène Borrel (1876 - 1962), "Colloque sentimental", 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Eugène Bozza (1905 - 1991), "Colloque sentimental", published 1936 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Costallat [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957), "Colloque sentimental", published 1925 [ voice and piano or string quartet ], Paris, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
by René d'Avezac de Castéra (1873 - 1955), "Colloque sentimental", 1900, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Mergault [sung text not yet checked]
by Gérard de Chambéret (1887 - 1941), "Colloque sentimental", 1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gérard Condé (b. 1947), "Colloque sentimental", 1973, published 2001 [ reciter and piano ], from Fêtes galantes, récitation accompagnée au piano, no. 2, Éd. Henry Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
by Charles Cuvillier (1877 - 1955), "Colloque sentimental", published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Énoch [sung text not yet checked]
by Francisque Darcieux (1880 - 1951), "Colloque sentimental", published [1925] [ four-part chorus ], Paris, A. Fougeray [sung text not yet checked]
by Pierre-Louis Darricau , "Colloque sentimental", [1937] [ soli, chorus, and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Colloque sentimental", L. 114/(104) no. 3 (1904), published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Fêtes Galantes II, no. 3, Paris, Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
by Edmond Diet (1854 - 1924), "Colloque sentimental", <<1912 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, R. et M. Lion [sung text not yet checked]
by André Dulaurens (1873 - 1932), "Colloque sentimental" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Vittorio Fellegara , "Notturno", published 1971 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano, men's chorus, and orchestra ], Milan, Suvini-Zerboni [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Colloque sentimental", op. 82 no. 2, published c1923 [ voice and piano ], New York, Fischer [sung text not yet checked]
by Fernand-Gustave Halphen (1872 - 1917), "Colloque sentimental", published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, deuxième recueil, no. 3, Éd. Société Musicale G. Astruc [sung text not yet checked]
by Nicole Marie Lachartre (1934 - 1991), "Colloque sentimental", published 1958 [ voice and piano ], Paris, N. Lachartre [sung text not yet checked]
by René Lenormand (1846 - 1932), "Colloque sentimental", [1909] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Henri-Édouard-Joseph Logé (1854 - 1912), "Colloque sentimental", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry de Marliave , "Colloque sentimental" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Colin Matthews (b. 1946), "Colloque Sentimental", 1971-1978, published 1979, first performed 1978 [ baritone and piano ], from Un Colloque Sentimental, no. 1, London, Faber Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Colin Matthews (b. 1946), "Colloque Sentimental", 1971-1978, published 1979, first performed 1978 [ baritone and piano ], from Un Colloque Sentimental, no. 5, London, Faber Music [sung text not yet checked]
by Émile Naoumoff (b. 1962), "Dans le vieux parc", first performed 2008 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Héctor Panizza (1875 - 1967), "Colloque sentimental", op. 24 no. 3 (1899) [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Neuf poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 3, Milan, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
by Antonio Parera (1890 - ?), "Colloque sentimental", [1919] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Henri Poirier , "Colloque sentimental", [1946] [ vocal duet ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Émile Poirson , "Colloque sentimental", op. 1 no. 12, published [1907] [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons de poètes, no. 12, Paris, Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
by Jacques Guillaume de Sauville de la Presle (1888 - 1969), "Colloque sentimental", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Léon Robert Przépiorski de Cay (b. 1884), "Colloque sentimental", 1926 [ reciter and piano ], Éd. Francis Salabert [sung text not yet checked]
by Adrien Remacle (1849 - 1916), "Colloque sentimental", published [1907] [ voice and piano ], from Les fêtes galantes. Esquisses mélodiques sur les poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 6, Paris, Hachette [sung text not yet checked]
by Jacques Roger-Vasselin , "Colloque sentimental", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, II, no. 3, Paris, Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
by Pierre Salet (1875 - 1936), "Colloque sentimental", published 1921 [ high voice and piano ], from Fêtes galantes, no. 4, Paris Éd. B. Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
by Mark Simpson (b. 1988), "Colloque sentimental", first performed 2019 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Charles Erhard de Sivry, dit Louis de Sivry (1848 - 1900), "Colloque sentimental", published 1906 [ medium voice and piano ], in the revue Les Chansonniers de Montmartre, no. 10, October 25, 1906 [sung text not yet checked]
by Aimée Strohl (1865 - 1941), "Colloque sentimental", 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Dans le vieux parc", published [1912] [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
by Catherine Urner (1891 - 1942), "Colloque sentimental", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Sénart ; also set in English as "The colloquy" [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by G. von Festenberg ; composed by Rudolf Mengelberg.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Ernest Christopher Dowson) , no title, appears in Decorations, in After Paul Verlaine, no. 2
ENG English [singable] (Nita Cox) , "The colloquy"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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