by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)
Translation by Vítězslav Nezval (1900 - 1958)
Sensation
Language: French (Français)
Par les soirs bleus d'été, j'irai dans les sentiers, Picoté par les blés, fouler l'herbe menue : Réveur, j'en sentirai la fraîcheur à mes pieds. Je laisserai le vent baigner ma tète nue ! Je ne parlerai pas, je ne penserai rien : Mais l'amour infïni me montera dans l'âme, Et j'irai loin, bien loin, comme un bohémien Par la Nature, -- heureux comme avec une femme.
Authorship:
- by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Sensation", written 1870, appears in Poésies, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1929 [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 Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981), "Sensation", 1935 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Trois pastorales, no. 3, Utrecht (Hollande), Éd. J.R. Van Rossum [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean-Guy Bailly (1925 - 2009), "Sensation", 1987 [ baritone and piano ], from Trois poèmes d'Arthur Rimbaud, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Sensation", op. 188 (2004) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Cartan (1906 - 1932), "Sensation", 1927, published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois chants d'été, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edgar Cosma (1925 - 2006), "Sensation", copyright © 1985 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Chansons en zigzag, no. 4, Lyon, À cœur joie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jorge Delorenzi (b. 1945), "Sensation", published 1988 [ medium voice and piano ], from Homenaje a Poetas Franceses = Hommage aux Poètes Français, no. 2, Buenos Aires, Édition du compositeur [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "Sensation", op. 9 no. 2 (1981) [ low voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugène Guillaume (1882 - 1953), "Sensation", published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre Mélodies, no. 2, Éditions littéraires et musicales A. Z. Mathot [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Krása (1899 - 1944), "Sensation", 1943 [ baritone, clarinet, viola, and violoncello ], from 3 Lieder, no. 2, also set in Czech (Čeština) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dinu Lipatti (1917 - 1950), "Sensation", 1945, published 1981 [ tenor and piano ], from Quatre Mélodies, no. 1, Muzicala Bucarest [sung text not yet checked]
- by Guillemette Marrannes (b. 1954), "Sensation", 1999 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sensation, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patrick Minette (b. 1962), "Sensation", 2004 [ medium voice, piano, and contrabass ad libitum ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre Moret (b. 1949), "Sensation", 2001 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Sensation", 1971 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Louis Petit (b. 1937), "Sensation", 1997 [ high voice and piano ], from Livre de poésies, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Rivier (1896 - 1987), "Sensation", 1929, published 1929 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes, no. 3, Éd. Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre-E.-L. Rousseau (1889 - 1939), as Pierre Vellones, "Sensation", op. 35 no. 2 (1930), published 1972 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes sur la Nature, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pascal Zavaro (b. 1959), "Sensation", published 2006 [ medium voice and guitar ], from Sensation, sur un texte d'Arthur Rimbaud, pour soprano et guitare, no. 3, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Vítězslav Nezval (1900 - 1958) ; composed by Hans Krása.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Sensation", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Peter Low) , "Sensation", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sensazione", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 66
Vzrušení
Language: Czech (Čeština)  after the French (Français)
Za modrých večerů si vyjdu po pěšině, lechtán obilím, se brouzdat svěží travou; a zasněn ucítím, jak vítr na mýtině mi bude kroužiti nad rozcuchanou hlavou! Ni slova neřeknu a nepomyslím na nic. Však budu míti duši lásce otevřenou. Jak cikán půjdu dlouho, dlouho podél hranic, v nesmírné Přírodě, šťasten s ní jako s ženou.
Authorship:
- by Vítězslav Nezval (1900 - 1958) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), "Sensation", written 1870, appears in Poésies, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1929
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Krása (1899 - 1944), "Vzrušení", 1943 [baritone, clarinet, viola, and violoncello], from Tři písně, no. 2, also set in French (Français) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Frieder Anders
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 55