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:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:David Newman|David Newman]]  <i>(added 2008-07-18)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter, 3 pages, 200 kbytes &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {{Copy|Public Domain}}
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:David Newman|David Newman]]  <i>(added 2008-07-18)</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Score information: </b>Letter, 3 pages, 200 kbytes &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {{Copy|Public Domain}}
:<b>Edition notes:</b> Cross posting by [http://artsongcentral.com Art Song Central] - File Sizes: PDF: 200 KB. - Edition in  C Major. <br>
:<b>Edition notes:</b> Cross posting by [http://artsongcentral.com Art Song Central] - File Sizes: PDF: 200 KB. - Edition in  C Major. <br>

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Editor: David Newman (added 2008-07-18).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 200 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central - File Sizes: PDF: 200 KB. - Edition in C Major.

General Information

Title: C’est l’extase langoureuse
Composer: Claude Debussy
Lyricist: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)


Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, Art song

Language: French
Instruments: Piano


Published: Music: Claude Achille Debussy (1862-1918), "C'est l'extase", 1888, from Ariettes Oubliées, no. 1. - Lyrics: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), from Romances sans paroles: Ariettes oubliées, published 1872.


Description: English translation by Frederick H. Martens, Original key was E Major.


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Original text and translations

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C’est l’extase langoureuse,
C’est la fatigue amoureuse,
C’est tous les frissons des bois
Parmi l’étreinte des brises,
C’est vers les ramures grises
Le choeur des petites voix.


O le frêle et frais murmure!
Cela gazouille et susurre,
Cela ressemble au cri doux
Que l’herbe agitée expire…
Tu dirais, sous l’eau qui vire,
Le roulis sourd des cailloux.


Cette âme qui se lamente
En cette plainte dormante
C’est la nôtre, n’est-ce pas?
La mienne, dis, et la tienne,
Dont s’exhale l’humble antienne
Par ce tiède soir, tout bas?


Lyrics: Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), from Romances sans paroles: Ariettes oubliées, published 1872.