Green

Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches
Et puis voici mon coeur qui ne bat que pour vous.
Ne le déchirez pas avec vos deux mains blanches
Et qu'à vos yeux si beaux l'humble présent soit doux.

J'arrive tout couvert encore de rosée
Que le vent du matin vient glacer à mon front.
Souffrez que ma fatigue à vos pieds reposée
Rêve des chers instants qui la délasseront.

Sur votre jeune sein laissez rouler ma tête
Toute sonore encor de vos derniers baisers ;
Laissez-la s'apaiser de la bonne tempête,
Et que je dorme un peu puisque vous reposez.

by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) , "Green", from Romances sans paroles, in Aquarelles, no. 1, published 1872

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Gary Bachlund , "Green", 1990. [baritone and piano]
by P. Bonneau , "Green"
by J. R. Buvat , "Green"
by André Caplet (1879-1925) , "Green", 1902.
by Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918) , "Green", 1888, from Ariettes Oubliées, no. 5.
by Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936) , "Green", 1915 [baritone and piano], unpublished
by L. Dumas , "Green", published 1929.
by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) , "Green", op. 58 no. 3, from Cinq mélodies "De Venise", no. 3.
by L. Ferré , "Green"
by Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) , "Offrande", 1891, published 1891. [voice and piano]
by Tibor Harsanyi (1898-1954) , "Green"
by Chenard Huche , "Green"
by Albert de Klerk (1917-1998) , "Green"
by (Joseph) Sylvio Lazzari (1857-1944) , "Green", 1919.
by Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950) , "Green", op. 9 no. 2 (1941), from Cinq Mélodies sur des Poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 2, note: published in Romania as Cinci Lieduri pe Versuri de Verlaine
by Bruno Maderna (1920-1973) , "Voici des fruits", 1946-7, from Liriche su Verlaine, no. ?
by Ernest Willem Mulder , "Green", 1917, from Trois chansons, no. 1.
by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) , "Rêve", 1893.

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