Un grand sommeil noir

Un grand sommeil noir
Tombe sur ma vie:
Dormez, tout espoir,
Dormez, toute envie!

Je ne vois plus rien,
Je perds la mémoire
Du mal et du bien...
O la triste histoire!

Je suis un berceau
Qu'une main balance
Au creux d'un caveau:
Silence, silence!

by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) , no title, from Sagesse, in Sagesse III, no. 5, published 1880

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

by Georges Antoine (1892-1918) , "Un grand sommeil noir"
by Pierre Chépélov (1979-) , "Un grand sommeil noir", 2005, from Zweisprachstück, no. 1.
by Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) , no title, H. 184 no. 3 (1944), published 1947, from Quatre chansons pour voix grave, no. 3.
by André Jolivet (1905-1974) , "Un grand sommeil noir"
by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) , "Un grand sommeil noir"
by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) , "La bonne chanson", op. 9 no. 2 (1910), orchestrated 1951, from Dva stikhotvorenija Verlena, no. 2, note: also set in Russian
by Jósef Szulc (1875-1956) , "Un grand sommeil noir", op. 83 (Dix mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine) no. ?
by Edgard Varèse (1883-1965) , "Un grand sommeil noir", 1906.
by Louis Vierne (1870-1937) , "Un grand sommeil noir", op. 38 no. 2 (1916), from Spleens et Détresses, no. 2.

by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) , "Dushu skovali", op. 9 no. 2 (1910), orchestrated 1951, from Dva stikhotvorenija Verlena, no. 2, note: also set in French

by Pierre Chépélov (1979-) , "Ruhe", 2005, from Zweisprachstück, no. 2.
by Fritz Koegel (1860-1904) , "Ruhe", published 1915?

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Ruhe

Ein großer schwarzer Traum
legt sich auf mein Leben;
Alles wird zu Raum,
Alles wird entschweben.

Ich kann nichts mehr sehn,
all das Gute, Schlimme;
kann dich nicht verstehen,
o du trübe Stimme.

Eine dunkle Hand
schaukelt meinen Willen,
glättet mein Gewand,
still im Stillen.

by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863-1920) , "Auf die Nachricht vom Tode des Dichters"

a text in French by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) , no title, from Sagesse, in Sagesse III, no. 5, published 1880 RUS ENG

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

by Pierre Chépélov (1979-) , "Ruhe", 2005, from Zweisprachstück, no. 2.
by Fritz Koegel (1860-1904) , "Ruhe", published 1915?

Date added to the website: 2007-06-11.