November moonlight | Behold November's moonlight

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by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier

Voyez un clair de lune de Novembre dans

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Voyez un clair de lune de Novembre dans 
le plein enchantement d'une brume fine 
immobile au dessus du fleuve large qu'on 
devine aux feux réfléchis et sa berge effacée 
d'une ligne de plusieurs lieues de collines 
avec leur feux mobiles. Et là-haut la lune 
comme la clef énigmatique de cet 
enchantement immobile, et qu'un souffle 
semble-t-il ferait redevenir cruel et cru.

About the headline (FAQ)

First published in La revue blanche, Volume 7, 1894.

Text Authorship:

by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887), no title, first published 1894 [author's text not yet checked 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 Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Clair de lune de novembre", 1938, published 1944 [high voice and piano], from Six mélodies sur des poèms Symbolistes, no. 4, Éd. Amphion [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , title 1: "November moonlight", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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November moonlight

Language: English after the French (Français)

Behold November's moonlight 
in the full enchantment of a fine mist 
hovering motionless over the broad river, 
whose presence we can only guess at by the fires reflected in it, 
its banks hidden by a line of several leagues
of hills with their moving fires. High above rides the moon, 
enigmatic key to this motionless enchantment, 
and it seems that with a breath 
it would become cruel and raw again.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887), no title, first published 1894
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This text was added to the website: 2004-12-05
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Word count: 70