by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891)
Translation © possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989)
À la lisière de la forêt, —
Language: French (Français)
À la lisière de la forêt, — les fleurs de rêve tintent, éclatent, éclairent, — la fille à lèvre d’orange, les genoux croisés dans le clair déluge qui sourd des prés, nudité qu’ombrent, traversent et habillent les arcs-en-ciel, la flore, la mer.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), appears in Les Illuminations [author's text not yet checked 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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989); composed by Earl Kim.
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The girl with orange lips
Language: English after the French (Français)
At the (edge) of the forest [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- possibly by Samuel Barclay Beckett (1906 - 1989), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Arthur Rimbaud (1854 - 1891), appears in Les Illuminations
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Earl Kim (1920 - 1998), "The girl with orange lips", 1982 [ voice, harp, strings ], from Where Grief Slumbers, no. 7, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 36