Verlaine The Sky Above The Roof

The church bell in the windless sky peaceably rings a skylark soaring in the sky endlessly sings.

Verlaine the sky above the roof. Text from the poem le ciel est pardessus le toit by paul verlaine 1844 1896. Translated by mabel dearmer. The church bell in the windless sky peaceably rings a skylark soaring in the sky. A green tree rears above the roof its waving crest.

The sky blue smiles above the roof its tenderest. A green tree rears above the roof its waving crest. We start by leaving aside the rhyme and making as few changes as possible to the literal rendering above obtaining something like. My god my god life is there simple and tranquil.

A life is here simple and fair murmurs of strife are here lost in the air why dost thou weep o heart poured out. Born in metz he was educated in paris and began a. On the tree we see a bird singing its sad song. The sky is here above the roof so blue so calm.

What have you done o you that weep. The soothing bee hive murmur there comes from the street. The sky blue smiles above the roof its tenderest. Paul verlaine was born on march 30 1844 and became one of the greatest and most popular of french poets.

For voice and piano. By paul verlaine 1844 1896 no title written 1880. The sky above the roof by ralph vaughan williams this is the seventh song from my senior recital performed march 9 2013 at sonoma state university. A tree is here above the roof swaying in branch.

But verlaine is not evoking speed but a rapt listening. The bell in the sky we see is softly ringing. This peaceful sound comes from the town. The text begins the sky above the roof is calm and sweet a tree above the roof bends in the heat while these words suggest a calm and peaceful scene in nature they go on to ultimately divulge a mournful message about one s tears and spent years.

My god my god all life is there simple and sweet. Above the roof the sky s so blue so calm. The sky above the roof is calm and sweet a tree above the roof bends in the heat a bell from out the blue drowsily rings a bird from out the blue plaintively sings ah god.