L'ombre des arbres (Claude Debussy)

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Editor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-18).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 132 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Editions in B flat and C sharp major, original key was G sharp Major. English translation by Isabella G. Parker.

General Information

Title: L’ombre des arbres
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano solo

Genre: SecularArt song

Language: French
Instruments: Piano

First published: 1888

Description: from Ariettes Oubliées, No. 3. - lyrics from Romances sans paroles: Ariettes oubliées, published 1872.

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Original text and translations

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L’ombre des arbres dans la rivière embrumée
Meurt comme de la fumée,
Tandis qu’en l’air, parmi les ramures réelles,
Se plaignent les tourterelles.

Combien ô voyageur, ce paysage blême
Te mira blême toi-même,
Et que tristes pleuraient dans les hautes feuillées,
Tes espérances noyées.