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Supplice by Benjamin C​.​S. Boyle - II. Et que le feu me br​û​le!

from New Suns by Variant 6

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Originally written for Singing City, a choir of over 100 singers, Benjamin transcribed Supplice in 2019 specifically to suit Variant 6. The piece is a sweeping setting of Paul Éluard's poem of the same name. Benjamin’s musical writing is always so lush and so lyrical; we’re allowed to vocally soar, using the full expressive range available to us as an ensemble. The poetry is rich with images: burning fires, frozen limbs, a desolate roadside ditch filled with flowers, a blanket unfolding. Benjamin’s setting captures them all with vibrant musical colors.

lyrics

Et que le feu me brûle!
Il est toujours si loin
Que le plus court chemin
Me montre ridicule
Aux rêveurs du chemin.

Dites la chose affreuse:
Toutes les mains sont froides
Et la nuit nous font mal
Car la terre on la creuse
Avec une hâte affreuse
La nuit, et avec tant de mal!

Oh ! toute cette vie,
Tout près de moi, le feu qui brûle…
Dites ? serais-je ridicule?
Oh ! vous tous, transis, hardis,
Je vous le dis : Notre vie brûle!

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And it burns me, it burns…
Such far-off flames
That the shortest way
Makes me look absurd
In the travelers’ dreams.

Say the harrowing words:
All the hands are like ice
And stab us in the dark,
For they harrow the earth
With feverish haste
At night, and the ground so hard…

These endless days,
So close to the flame!
Do I appear absurd?
To the bold, the bone-chilled,
I say this: Our life is ablaze!

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from New Suns, released May 20, 2022
Poem by Paul Éluard, translation by Samuel Martin

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