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Over the soft, steady accompaniment of the piano, the opening phrase simply unfolds in soprano-tenor unison (as frequently, in the Requiem for example): "Il pleure dans mon cœur comme il pleut sur la ville... / It is crying in my heart as it is raining on the city...". Then a dialogue is established between low voices and high voices, gently melancholy: "O bruit doux de la pluie par terre et sur les toits... / O soft sound of the rain on the ground and on the roofs...". Just like Paul Verlaine's poem, Fauré's music then becomes more passionate, almost romantic: "Quoi ! nulle trahison, mon deuil est sans raison ? / What! no betrayal, my mourning is without reason?". The accompaniment remains the same, as if indifferent. Finally, the melancholy turns into a dark sadness, pianissimo.
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