by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Les roses étaient toutes rouges
Language: French (Français)
Les roses étaient toutes rouges Et les lierres étaient tout noirs. Chère, pour peu que tu te bouges Renaissent tous mes désespoirs. Le ciel était trop bleu, trop tendre, La mer trop verte et l'air trop doux. Je crains toujours, -- ce qu'est d'attendre Quelque fuite atroce de vous. Du houx à la feuille vernie Et du luisant buis je suis las, Et de la campagne infinie Et de tout, fors de vous, hélas !
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- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Spleen", appears in Romances sans paroles, in Aquarelles, no. 2 [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 Joseph Béesau (1871 - 1940), "Spleen", published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, no. 8, Paris, Sénart [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jean-Robert Blanc (b. 1907), "Spleen", 1935, published 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 3, Bordeaux, R.J. Blanc [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "Spleen", 1886, published 1902 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Mergault [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alphonse-Eugène-Marie Catherine (1868 - 1927), "Spleen", published 1900 [ voice and orchestra ], from Deux mélodies pour chant et petit orchestre, no. 1, Paris, Quinzard [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Spleen", L. 63/(60) no. 6 (1885-7), published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Ariettes oubliées, no. 6, Paris, Vve E. Girod [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fidès Devriès (1852 - 1941?), "Spleen", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Choudens [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Spleen", 1910, published 1927, Oxford University Press [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Madeleine Dubois , "Spleen", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Ricordi [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Marius-François Gaillard (1900 - 1973), "Spleen", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Costallat [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Roger-Élie Jalowicz , "Spleen", published 1924 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Ricordi [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Paul Ladmirault (1877 - 1944), "Spleen", <<1900 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies pour voix et piano, no. 6, Paris, Gallet [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Sylvio Lazzari, né Josef Fortunat Silvester Lazzari (1857 - 1944), "Spleen", op. 19 no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Fromont [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Legrand (1894 - 1964), "Les roses", [1945] [ voice and piano ], from Aquarelles, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Madeleine Lemariey , "Spleen", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Édition Maurice Sénart [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by René-Jean Matter , "Les roses", [1952] [ soprano and piano ], from Trois mélodies pour soprano, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Marius Mille , "Spleen", [1926] [ voice and piano ] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jean-Frédéric Perrenoud (b. 1912), "Spleen", published [1958] [ voice and piano ], from Sagesse : Trois poèmes de Verlaine, no. 1, Paris, J.-F. Perrenoud [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Albert Phaneuf (1919 - 1978), as Maurice Dela, "Spleen", published 1949 [ voice and piano ], Canada, BMI Ltée [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Auguste Pierret (1874 - 1916), "Spleen", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Baudoux [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Irena Regina Poldowski, née Wieniawski (1880 - 1932), "Spleen", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rœder [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Joseph Ryelandt (1870 - 1965), "Tristesse", op. 19 (Six mélodies) no. 5 (1897), published 1914 [ medium voice and piano ], Liège, Éd. Veuve Leopold Muraille [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Henry Sauveplane (1892 - 1942), "Spleen", published 1920 [ voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Sauveplane ; Paris, Sénart [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Louis Schopfer , "Spleen", published 1912, from Cinq mélodies, no. 5, Paris, Ricordi [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jerzy Sokorski , "Spleen", 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Poésie de Paul Verlaine [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jean.-P. Strauwen , "Spleen", [1942] [ voice and piano ] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Spleen", op. 38 no. 3 (1916), published 1924 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Spleens et Détresses, no. 3, Paris, Salabert [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Ernest Dowson (1867 - 1900) , no title, appears in Decorations, in After Paul Verlaine, no. 3, first published 1899 GER GER ; composed by John Ireland.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Stefan George (1868 - 1933) , "Spleen", appears in Zeitgenössische Dichter, in Frankreich, in Paul Verlaine, in Aus: Lieder ohne Worte ENG ENG ; composed by Winfried Zillig.
- Also set in Norwegian (Bokmål), a translation by Andreas Grimelund Jynge (1870 - 1955) ENG ENG GER GER ; composed by Johan Selmer.
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- Also set in Serbian (Српски), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ENG GER GER ; composed by Anton Lajovic.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Spleen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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