Je n'ai point de palais de marbre Ni de parc au noble gazon Je n'ai qu'une seule maison Qui dort à l'ombre d'un seul arbre Je n'ai ni festin ni concert Ni de valetaille savante Je n'ai qu'une seule servante Qui ne sait chanter qu'un seul air. Aussi je ne veux sur ma tombe Que les roses d'un seul rosier Et dans une cage d'osier Une solitaire colombe.
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Authorship:
- by Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "La colombe et le rosier", published 1910 [ vocal duet for high voices, unaccompanied, or chorus a cappella ], in « Supplément musical », La Revue musicale, 1er novembre, 10e année, no. 21 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-01
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