by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887)
Voyez un clair de lune de Novembre dans
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Voyez un clair de lune de Novembre dans le plein enchantement d'une brume fine immobile au dessus du fleuve large qu'on devine aux feux réfléchis et sa berge effacée d'une ligne de plusieurs lieues de collines avec leur feux mobiles. Et là-haut la lune comme la clef énigmatique de cet enchantement immobile, et qu'un souffle semble-t-il ferait redevenir cruel et cru.
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First published in La revue blanche, Volume 7, 1894.
Text Authorship:
- by Jules Laforgue (1860 - 1887), no title, first published 1894 [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):
- by Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Clair de lune de novembre", 1938, published 1944 [high voice and piano], from Six mélodies sur des poèms Symbolistes, no. 4, Éd. Amphion [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , title 1: "November moonlight", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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