The Sky Above The Roof Verlaine

Translated by mabel dearmer.

The sky above the roof verlaine.

Lento year date of composition y d of comp. For voice and piano. The church bell in the windless sky peaceably rings a skylark soaring in the sky endlessly sings. Above the roof a tree waves its leaves.

The soothing bee hive murmur there comes from the street. And the bird on a tree echoes its plaint. 1908 librettist mabel dearmer 1872 1915 after paul verlaine 1844 1896 language english average duration avg. Irv 76 key a minor movements sections mov ts sec s.

The sky above the roof so blue so soft. A steeple that we see calls clear and faint. The soothing bee hive murmur there comes from the street. The bell in the sky we see is softly ringing.

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

Text from the poem le ciel est pardessus le toit by paul verlaine 1844 1896. To compress the poem more into pure sounds we cut the tetrameter to a trimeter. What have you done o you that weep. A green tree rears above the roof its waving crest.

My god my god life is there simple and tranquil. 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 rendering should called after verlaine. This peaceful sound comes from the town.

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. What have you done o you that weep. A green tree rears above the roof its waving crest. My god my god all life is there simple and sweet.

The sky above the roof alt ernative. 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. And you there what have you done with your endless tears. Above the roof the sky s so blue so calm.

My god how simple it were if life were sweet. Title composer vaughan williams ralph. A palm soars from the roof swaying aloft.