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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

En robe grise et verte avec des ruches
Language: French (Français) 
En robe grise et verte avec des ruches,
Un jour de Juin que j'étais soucieux,
Elle apparut souriante à mes yeux
Qui l'admiraient sans redouter d'embûches;

Elle alla, vint, revint, s'assit, parla, 
Légère et grave, ironique, attendrie,
Et je sentais en mon âme assombrie
Comme un joyeux reflet de tout cela; 

Sa voix, étant de la musique fine,
Accompagnait délicieusement
l'esprit sans fiel de ce babil charmant
Où la gaîté d'un [bon coeur]1 se devine.

Aussi soudain fus-je, après le semblant
D'une révolte aussitôt étouffée,
Au plein pouvoir de la petite Fée
Que depuis lors je supplie en [tremblant]2.

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•   C. Koechlin 

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1 Koechlin: "coeur bon"
2 Koechlin: "pleurant"

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in La bonne chanson, no. 3, first published 1870 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "Un jour de juin, que j'étais soucieux", op. 24 no. 2 (1901) [ voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes de La bonne chanson, no. 2, Paris, L. Philippo [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 102

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