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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Entends les pompes qui font
Language: French (Français) 
    Totus in maligno positus.

Entends les pompes qui font
Le cri des chats.
Des sifflets viennent et vont
Comme en pourchas.
Ah, dans ces tristes décors
Les Déjàs sont les Encors !

Ô les vagues Angélus !
(Qui viennent d'où ?)
Vois s'allumer les Saluts
Du fond d'un trou.
Ah, dans ces mornes séjours
Les Jamais sont les Toujours !

Quels rêves épouvantés,
Vous grands murs blancs !
Que de sanglots répétés,
Fous ou dolents !
Ah, dans ces piteux retraits
Les Toujours sont les Jamais !

Tu meurs doucereusement,
Obscurément,
Sans qu'on veille, ô cœur aimant.
Sans testament !
Ah, dans ces deuils sans rachats
Les Encors sont les Déjàs !

About the headline (FAQ)

First appeared in the revue Lutèce, October 4-11, 1885 under the title "Sur une Gare", then in Parallèlement, Paris, éd. Léon Vanier, 1889, under the title "Réversibilités".


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), title 1: "Sur une Gare", title 2: "Réversibilités", appears in Parallèlement, in Révérence parler, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Léon Vanier, first published 1885 [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 Antoine Duhamel (1925 - 2014), "Réversibilités", 1995, published 1997 [ baritone and piano ], from Révérence parler, no. 4, Édition Notissimo [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Réversibilités", 1971/1972 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "Réversibilités", 1966, first performed 1973 [ medium voice, unaccompanied ], from Deux monodies, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-07
Line count: 25
Word count: 105

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