by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)
Translation by Bronisława Ostrowska (1881 - 1928)
L'heure du berger
Language: French (Français)
La lune est rouge au brumeux horizon ; Dans un brouillard qui danse la prairie S'endort fumeuse, et la grenouille crie Par les joncs verts où circule un frisson ; Les fleurs des eaux referment leurs corolles ; Des peupliers profilent aux lointains, Droits et serrés, leurs spectres incertains ; Vers les buissons errent les lucioles ; Les chats-huants s'éveillent, et sans bruit Rament l'air noir avec leurs ailes lourdes, Et le zénith s'emplit de lueurs sourdes. Blanche, Vénus émerge, et c'est la Nuit.
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 59-60.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "L'heure du berger", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [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 Charles Bordes (1863 - 1909), "L'heure du berger", 1886, published 1902 [ medium voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, no. 3, Paris, Mergault ; later published 1912, Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
- by Émile-Henri-J.-B. Defosse (1883 - 1956), "L'heure du berger", op. 20 (1910?), published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 4, Paris, Rouart Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry Louis) Reginald De Koven (1859 - 1920), "L'heure du berger", op. 90 (Songs) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], New York, Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Doyen (1882 - 1935), "L'heure du berger", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sur des poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 4, Paris, Leduc Bertrand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Malcolm Drummond , "L'heure du berger", published 1977 [ three-part chorus a cappella ], Lyon, À cœur joie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Petr Eben (1929 - 2007), "L'heure du berger", 1946 [ voice and piano ], from Deux chants sur textes étrangers [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Alexandrovitch de Hartmann (1885 - 1956), "L'heure du berger", op. 69 no. 6, published 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, no. 6, Paris, Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marguerite Marsa , "L'heure du berger", published 1926 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "L'heure du berger", op. 57 no. 5 (1995), published 2001 [ SATT chorus ], from Sieben Chansons zu vier Stimmen nach Texten von Paul Verlaine, no. 5, Goldbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Frédéric Perrenoud (b. 1912), "L'heure du berger", published 1958 [ voice and piano ], Paris, J.-F. Perrenoud [sung text not yet checked]
- by Guy Sacre (b. 1948), "L'heure du berger", 1984, published 1997 [ medium voice and piano ], from 3 Poèmes de Verlaine, no. 2, Édition Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "L'heure du berger", op. 18 no. 1 (1897), published 1902 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philip Wilby (b. 1949), "L'heure du berger", copyright © 1988, first performed 1983 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ten songs of Paul Verlaine for medium voice and piano, Cycle II : Paysages Tristes, no. 4, Chester Music [sung text not yet checked]
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "The shepherd's hour", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , "The shepherd's hour", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "The Shepherd's Hour", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 6
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Die Schäferstunde", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Pásztoróra", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Pásztoróra", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Bronisława Ostrowska) , "Przedwieczerz", Kraków, J. Mortkowicz, first published 1911
Research team for this page: Corinne Orde , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
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Word count: 79
Przedwieczerz
Language: Polish (Polski) after the French (Français)
Czerwony księżyc powstaje z za chmury Wśród pląsających mgieł ponocnych, łąka Zasypia dymiąc, i wietrzyk się błąka W zielonych sitach, gdzie grają żab chóry. Lilie się wodne stulają na fali... We mgle jak widma majaczą topole Proste i zwarte w gasnącej oddali... Po krzakach krążą przelotne luciole... Puszczyk na przestwór wypływa w swej łodzi, Szybując w mroku bez żagla i steru... Blask się z zenitu w mgłę sączy bez szmeru, Biała powstaje Wenus. Noc nadchodzi.
Confirmed with Liryka francuska, translated by Bronisława Ostrowska, J. Mortkowicz, Kraków, 1911, page 82.
Text Authorship:
- by Bronisława Ostrowska (1881 - 1928), "Przedwieczerz", Kraków, J. Mortkowicz, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "L'heure du berger", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 75