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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Été
Language: French (Français) 
Et l'enfant répondit, pâmée
Sous la fourmillante caresse
De sa pantelante maîtresse :
» Je me meurs, ô ma bien-aimée !

» Je me meurs : ta gorge enflammée
Et lourde me soûle et m'oppresse ;
Ta forte chair d'où sort l'ivresse
Est étrangement parfumée ;

» Elle a, ta chair, le charme sombre
Des maturités estivales, --
Elle en a l'ambre, elle en a l'ombre ;

» Ta voix tonne dans les rafales,
Et ta chevelure sanglante
Fuit brusquement dans la nuit lente. « 

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Été", appears in Parallèlement, in Les amies, no. 5, first published 1867 [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 Patrick Burgan (b. 1960), "Été", 1998?, published 1998 [soprano and flute], from Jeux de femmes, 6 poèmes érotiques de Paul Verlaine, no. 5, Éd. Billaudot [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 78

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