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Le Souvenir avec le Crépuscule Rougeoie et tremble à l'ardent horizon De l'Espérance en flamme qui recule Et s'agrandit ainsi qu'une cloison Mystérieuse où mainte floraison — Dahlia, lys, [tulipe]1 et renoncule — S'élance autour d'un treillis, et circule Parmi la maladive exhalaison De parfums lourds et chauds, dont le poison — Dahlia, lys, tulipe et renoncule — Noyant mes sens, mon âme et ma raison, Mêle dans une immense pâmoison Le Souvenir avec le Crépuscule.
Confirmed with Paul Verlaine, Poëmes saturniens, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1866, in Paysages tristes, pages 49-50. Note: The historical spelling variant "pamoison" as appears in the 1866 publication has been changed to "pâmoison".
1 omitted by K. Sorabji.Authorship:
- by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Crépuscule du soir mystique", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 2, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866 [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 Marius-François Gaillard (1900 - 1973), "Crépuscule du soir mystique ", 1921, published 1943 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 6, Paris, Costallat [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Alexandrovitch de Hartmann (1885 - 1956), "Crépuscule du soir mystique ", op. 69 no. 2, published 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Paysages tristes, no. 2, Paris, Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Crépuscule du soir mystique", op. 57 no. 2 (1995), published 2001 [ SATT chorus ], from Sieben Chansons zu vier Stimmen nach Texten von Paul Verlaine, no. 2, Goldbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Irena Regina Poldowski, née Wieniawski (1880 - 1932), "Crépuscule du soir mystique", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], London, Chester [sung text not yet checked]
- by Kaikhosru Sorabji, born Leon Dudley Sorabji (1892 - 1988), "Crépuscule du soir mystique", KSS 21 no. 2 (1918), published 1921, copyright © 1921, first performed 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes pour chant et piano, no. 2, London, London and Continental Music Publishing Co [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philip Wilby (b. 1949), "Crépuscule du soir mystique", copyright © 1988, first performed 1983 [ medium voice and piano ], from Ten songs of Paul Verlaine for medium voice and piano, Cycle II : Paysages Tristes, no. 2, Chester Music [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Mystical Evening Twilight", written 2002, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Charles Hopkins) , "Mystical Twilight", written c2005, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bergen Weeks Applegate) , "Twilight of Mystic Eve", appears in Poems Saturnine, in 3. Somber Landscapes, no. 2
- GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mystische Abenddämmerung", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 76
Mit der Dämmerung, leuchtet die Erinnerung Und zittert am lodernden Horizont Der flammenden Hoffnung, die sich entfernt Und vergrößert, gleich einer geheimnisvollen Wand, Wo manches Blühen -- Dahlie, Lilie, Tulpe und Hahnenfuß -- Um einem Gitter ragt, und verströmt Unter krankmachender Ausdünstung Von schwülen, warmen Düften, deren Gift -- Dahlie, Lilie, Tulpe und Hahnenfuß -- Meine Sinne, Seele und Verstand, In tiefe Ohnmacht ertränkend , Verschmilzt die Erinnerung mit der Dämmerung.
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- Translation from French (Français) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), "Crépuscule du soir mystique", appears in Poèmes saturniens, in 3. Paysages tristes, no. 2, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1866
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-09
Line count: 13
Word count: 67