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by Paul Claudel (1868 - 1955)

Le rendez‑vous
Language: French (Français) 
Forêt profonde...
Il fait si sombre...
J'entends quelqu'un avec moi qui marmotte
et qui fait des gestes,
Quelle est cette ombre?
La pluie qui tombe
Le vieillard marche tout noir entre les arbres
gigantesques

L'oiseau s'est tû.
J'ai trop vécu.
C'est la nuit et non plus le jour.
Fille du ciel
la tourterelle
Chante le désespoir et l'amour.

La mer d'Irlande
Brocéliande
J'ai quitté la vague et la grève
La plainte lourde 
La cloche sourde,
Tout cela n'est plus qu'un rêve.

Bois ténébreux
Temple de Dieu,
Que j'aime votre silence
Mais c'est plus beau
Quand de nouveau
S'élève ce soupir immense!

Au fond du monde 
La foudre gronde
Tout est menace et mystère
Mais plein de goût
du rendez-vous
Je marche vers le tonnerre.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Claudel (1868 - 1955) [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 Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "Le rendez-vous", H. 138 no. 3 (1940), published 1942 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Claudel, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 124

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