The Sky Above The Roof Verlaine

A green tree rears above the roof its waving crest.

The sky above the roof verlaine.

A life is here simple and fair murmurs of strife are here lost in the air why dost thou weep o heart poured out in tears. A green tree rears above the roof its waving crest. What have you done o you that weep. Above the roof the sky s so blue so calm.

Text from the poem le ciel est pardessus le toit by paul verlaine 1844 1896. The rendering should called after verlaine. 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. This peaceful sound comes from the town.

What have you done o you that weep. My god how simple it were if life were sweet. And you there what have you done with your endless tears. The sky above the roof so blue so soft.

Irv 76 key a minor movements sections mov ts sec s. A palm soars from the roof swaying aloft. Translated by mabel dearmer. The sky blue smiles above the roof its tenderest.

The sky above the roof. 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. The sky blue smiles above the roof its tenderest. The sky above the roof alt ernative.

A steeple that we see calls clear and faint. Lento year date of composition y d of comp. The soothing bee hive murmur there comes from the street. 1908 librettist mabel dearmer 1872 1915 after paul verlaine 1844 1896 language english average duration avg.

My god my god all life is there simple and sweet. My god my god all life is there simple and sweet. My god my god life is there simple and tranquil. And the bird on a tree echoes its plaint.

For voice and piano. The church bell in the windless sky peaceably rings a skylark soaring in the sky endlessly sings. The soothing bee hive murmur there comes from the street. The church bell in the windless sky peaceably rings a skylark soaring in the sky endlessly sings.

The bell in the sky we see is softly ringing. On the tree we see a bird singing its sad song. Above the roof a tree waves its leaves.