L'Océan sonore Palpite sous l'œil De la lune en deuil Et palpite encore, Tandis qu'un éclair Brutal et sinistre Fend le ciel de bistre D'un long zigzag clair, Et que chaque lame En bonds convulsifs [Le long des]1 récifs Va, vient, luit et clame, Et qu'au firmament, Où l'ouragan erre, Rugit le tonnerre Formidablement.
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Eaux-fortes, pages 36-37. First appeared in Parnasse contemporain, April 28, 1866.
1 L. Vierne: "Parmi les"Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Marine", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 2. Eaux-fortes, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [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 Mathieu Alvado (b. 1978), "Marine", 2006, published 2008, first performed 2006 [ high voice and piano ], Éd. Delatour France  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Pierre Beugniot (b. 1935), "Marine" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Cribeillet (1896 - 1969), "Marine", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], Jobert [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lucien Darras (b. 1922), "Marine", 1945 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Evan Fein , "Marine", 2014, published 2014 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , "Marine", 1971/1972 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Suzannet Obadia , "Marine", 1951 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Patrick Pedrali , "Marine", 1966 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937), "Marine", op. 38 no. 10 (1916), published 1924 [ high voice and piano or orchestra ], from Spleens et Détresses, no. 10, Éd. Maurice Sénart (Salabert) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Corinne Orde) , "Marine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Marine", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 2. Etchings, no. 3
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Seestück", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Geoffrey Wieting , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 54
The deep sounding sea Throbs under the eye Of the sad moon on high — Throbs mournfully. Whilst the lightning, sheer, Cuts brutally down Through heavens of brown With long zigzag clear. And the waves rising high With long convulsive bound, From reef to reef resound, — Go, come, shine and cry. In the heavens, where flee The storm gods in wonder, Fierce roars the thunder Formidably...
Confirmed with Bergen Applegate, Paul Verlaine: His Absinthe-Tinted Song, Chicago, Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The Alderbrink Press, 1916, page 50.
Authorship:
- by Bergen Weeks Applegate (b. 1865), "Marine", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 2. Etchings, no. 3 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Marine", written 1866, appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 2. Eaux-fortes, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2022-03-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 67