Carte-Postale (Apollinaire, set by F. Poulenc) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


L'ombre de la très douce est évoquée ici,
Indolente, et jouant un air dolent aussi:
Nocturne ou lied mineur qui fait pâmer son âme
Dans l'ombre où ses longs doigts font mourir une gamme
Au piano qui geint comme une pauvre femme.

Authorship

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) [pseudonym]

Calligrammes - Poèmes de la paix et de la guerre

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

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Quatre Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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