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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

La ville dresse ses hauts toits
Language: French (Français) 
La ville dresse ses hauts toits 
Aux mille dentelures folles. 
Un bruit de joyeuses paroles. 
Monte au ciel, rassurante voix. 
- Que me fait cette gaieté vile 
De la ville !

Quelle paix vaste règne aux champs !
L'oiseau chante dans le grand chêne, 
Les midis font blanche la plaine 
Que dorent les soleils couchants.
- Peu m'importe ta gloire pure, 
Ô nature !

Avec les signes de ses flots, 
Avec sa plainte solennelle, 
La mer immense nous appelle, 
Nous tous, rêveurs et matelots. 
- Qu'est-ce que tu me veux encore, 
Mer sonore ?

- Ah ! ni les flots des Océans, 
Ni les campagnes et leur ombre, 
Ni les cités aux bruits sans nombre, 
Qu'édifièrent des géants,
Rien ne réveillera ma mie 
Tant endormie.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Lamento", written 1894?, appears in Poèmes divers [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 Léon Boëllmann (1862 - 1897), "Lamento", op. 34 (1897), published 1897 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Édition Baudoux [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francis (François-Louis) Casadesus (1870 - 1954), "Ma mye est morte", published 1906 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Paris, Lemoine [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philippe Denaut (1890 - 1957), "Lamento", published [1921] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis-Gustave Richelot (1844 - 1924), as G.-R. Simia, "Lamento", published [1907] [ voice and orchestra or piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 116

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