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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

L'amour par terre
Language: French (Français) 
Le vent de l'autre nuit a jeté bas l'Amour
Qui, dans le coin le plus mystérieux du parc,
Souriait en bandant malignement son arc,
Et dont l'aspect nous fit tant songer tout un jour !

Le vent de l'autre nuit l'a jeté bas ! Le marbre
Au souffle du matin tournoie, épars. C'est triste
De voir le piédestal, où le nom de l'artiste
Se lit péniblement parmi l'ombre d'un arbre,

Oh ! c'est triste de voir debout le piédestal
Tout seul ! et des pensers mélancoliques vont
Et viennent dans mon rêve où le chagrin profond
Évoque un avenir solitaire et fatal.

Oh ! c'est triste ! — Et toi-même, est-ce pas ? es touchée
D'un si dolent tableau, bien que ton œil frivole
S'amuse au papillon de pourpre et d'or qui vole
Au-dessus des débris dont l'allée est jonchée.

Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Fêtes galantes, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1869, pages 47-48.

Note: The ampersands (&) as appear in the first publication are changed to "et".


Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "L'amour par terre", appears in Fêtes galantes, no. 20, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1869 [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 Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884 - 1964), "L'amour par terre", published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Demets [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Thierry Lancino (b. 1954), "L'amour par terre", 2000, first performed 2001 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "L'amour par terre", published 1927 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fernand Ochsé (1879 - 1944), "L'amour par terre", 1908, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Le Parc, no. 14, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-01-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 133

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