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Voyelles

by David Warin Solomons

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A noir, E blanc, I rouge, O vert, U bleu: voyelles, [A black, E white, I red, O green, U blue: vowels] Je dirai quelque jour vos naissances latentes: [One day I shall explain your hidden births] A, noir corset velu des mouches éclatantes Qui bombinent autour des puanteurs cruelles, Golfes d`ombre; [A, hairy corset of shiny flies buzzing around cruel stenches Shadowy gulfs] E, candeurs des vapeurs et des tentes, Lances des glaciers, rois blancs, frissons d`ombelles; [E, candour of mists and tents Lances of glaciers, white kings, quivering umbels] I, pourpre, sang craché, rire des lèvres belles Dans la colère ou les ivresses pénitentes; [I, purple, spat blood, laughter of pretty lips In anger or penitent drunkenness] U, cycles, vibrements divins des mers virides, Paix des pâtis semés d`animaux, Paix des rides que l`alchimie imprime aux grands fronts studieux; U, cycles, divine quivering of the green seas [Peace of pastures scattered with animals Peace of the wrinkles printed by alchemy upon the wide foreheads of scholars] O, suprême clairon plein des strideurs étranges, Silences traversés des Mondes et des Anges: [O, the last bugle with strange fulsome strident tones Silences through which worlds and angels pass] O, l`Oméga, rayon violet de Ses Yeux! [O is Omega, the violet beam of His eyes]

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Poem by Arthur Rimbaud - music by D W Solomons

A noir, E blanc, I rouge, O vert, U bleu: voyelles,
[A black, E white, I red, O green, U blue: vowels]

Je dirai quelque jour vos naissances latentes:
[One day I shall explain your hidden births]

A, noir corset velu des mouches éclatantes
Qui bombinent autour des puanteurs cruelles,
Golfes d`ombre;
[A, hairy corset of shiny flies
buzzing around cruel stenches
Shadowy gulfs]


E, candeurs des vapeurs et des tentes,
Lances des glaciers, rois blancs, frissons d`ombelles;
[E, candour of mists and tents
Lances of glaciers, white kings, quivering umbels]

I, pourpre, sang craché, rire des lèvres belles
Dans la colère ou les ivresses pénitentes;
[I, purple, spat blood, laughter of pretty lips
In anger or penitent drunkenness]


U, cycles, vibrements divins des mers virides,
Paix des pâtis semés d`animaux,
Paix des rides que l`alchimie imprime aux grands fronts studieux;
U, cycles, divine quivering of the green seas
[Peace of pastures scattered with animals
Peace of the wrinkles printed by alchemy upon the wide foreheads of scholars]


O, suprême clairon plein des strideurs étranges,
Silences traversés des Mondes et des Anges:
[O, the last bugle with strange fulsome strident tones
Silences through which worlds and angels pass]

O, l`Oméga, rayon violet de Ses Yeux!
[O is Omega, the violet beam of His eyes]

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released March 10, 2015

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David Warin Solomons Sale, UK

Composer from UK born in 1953, concentrating on lyrical and tonal works for chamber music combinations, solo voice and choral works.

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