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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

La cour se fleurit de souci
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
La cour se fleurit de souci
  Comme le front 
  De tous ceux-ci
  Qui vont en rond
En flageolant sur leur fémur
  Débilité
  Le long du mur 
  Fou de clarté.

Tournez, Samsons sans Dalila,
  Sans Philistin, 
  Tournez bien la
  Meule au destin.
Vaincu risible de la loi,
  Mouds tour à tour 
  Ton cœur, ta foi
  Et ton amour !

Ils vont! et leurs pauvres souliers
  Font un bruit sec,
  Humiliés, 
  La pipe au bec.
Pas un mot ou bien le cachot,
  Pas un soupir,
  Il fait si chaud
  Qu'on croit mourir.

J'en suis de ce cirque effaré,
  Soumis d'ailleurs
  Et préparé
  À tous malheurs.
Et pourquoi si j'ai contristé
  Ton vœu têtu,
  Société,
  Me choierais-tu ?

Allons, frères, bons vieux voleurs,
  Doux vagabonds, 
  Filous en fleur,
  Mes chers, mes bons,
Fumons philosophiquement,
  Promenons-nous 
  Paisiblement :
  Rien faire est doux.

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in the revue Lutèce, October 4-11, 1885.


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Autre", appears in Parallèlement, in Révérence parler, no. 3, 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 Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "La ronde des prisonniers", 1900, published 1914, first performed 1905 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1956), "La ronde des compagnons", 1894, published 1894-5 [ baritone and men's chorus ], from Poèmes chantés, no. 16, Paris, Tellier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antoine Duhamel (1925 - 2014), "Autre", 1995, published 1997 [ baritone and piano ], from Révérence parler, no. 3, Édition Notissimo [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maurice Franck (b. 1897), "Autre" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Autre", 1971/1972 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 135

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