by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947)
Spleen
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Dans un vieux square où l'océan Du mauvais temps met son séant Sur un banc triste aux yeux de pluie C'est d'une blonde Rosse et gironde Que je m'ennuie Dans ce cabaret du Néant Qu'est notre vie.
Authorship:
- by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947) [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 Alfred Erik Leslie Satie (1866 - 1925), "Spleen", 1923, from Ludions, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "Depression", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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