La dernière nuit de Don Juan: poème dramatique en deux parties et un prologue

In this striking dramatic poem, the legendary lover finds himself on a dim, spiraling staircase that seems to vanish into an abyss. The marble statue of a long‑dead commander appears, gripping Don Juan’s wrist and urging him onward, while the echo of a plaintive dog and the distant crow of a rooster add an uncanny soundscape. As the hero recites the names of his past conquests, a grim, clawed hand—suggested to be the Devil’s—grabs his coat, pulling the scene into a tense negotiation between temptation and fate.

The verses weave together vivid imagery, ghostly presences, and a chorus of shadowy figures that hover just out of sight. Through lyrical duels with the statue and the infernal grip, the play explores the lingering weight of a life built on seduction and the uneasy promise of redemption. Listeners are drawn into a haunting tableau that balances poetic bravado with the unsettling question of whether the infamous libertine can ever escape his own legend.