Le grillon des foyers

En hiver,
Quand la bûche chante
Dans la cheminée,
Le petit grillon des foyers
Vient écouter la chanson légère
Et si touchante
Que dit le bois qui meurt.
A son tour, le grillon entonne
Son petit couplet monotone.
Puis à l'unisson,
Tandis que la flamme s'irise
La bûche d'or et le noir grillon
Improvisent
Un petit duo sans tapage,
Un petit duo de regrets
Où il y a des odeurs de feuillages
Et le souvenir de la forêt.

Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

• by Daniel Thaly (1878 - 1950) [ 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 Paul Le Flem (1881 - 1984), "Le grillon des foyers", published 1912, orchestrated 1912 [soprano and piano], from Quatre mélodies, no. 3. [
   text not verified 
  ]

Text added to the website: 2008-10-27.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:59
Line count: 17
Word count: 78

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.      - Emily Ezust

Browse imslp.org (Petrucci Music Library) for Lieder or choral works