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by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947)

Loin de la ville
Language: French (Français) 
Loin de la ville 
Si tôt crépite
La libellule 
De linon bleu.

C'est le matin
Pauvre malade.
Il fait si doux
Qu'on est heureux.

La lampe sœur 
Au col marin 
Couve sa peur 
Sous le clin bleu. 

Elle contrôle 
Qui sort encore 
Et arque drôle 
Sa clef d'or. 

Au bleu baiser 
Sur la croisée 
L'oiseau commence 
A chanter.

Sur la croisée 
Triste ai-je dit 
L'oiseau timide 
Interdit. 

Les hauts nuages 
Qui frôlent vieux 
Ont passé l'âge 
D'être heureux.

Qu'est-ce qui trinque 
Dans la rue bleue ? 
C'est un forçat 
Délivré d'eux. 

Un chant pas loin 
Part de l'église. 
Il fait si doux 
Qu'on est sauvé.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Auric 

G. Auric sets stanzas 1-2

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Léon-Paul Fargue, Tancrède, Paris, 1911, pages 39-40.


Text Authorship:

  • by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947), "Matin", appears in Poèmes, in Tancrède, in 5. Lieds où l'on sourit pour ne pas pleurer, no. 3, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Nuit blanche", 1940, published 1951, stanzas 1-2 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de L. P. Fargue, no. 1, Paris, Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Matin", 1950 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-02-08
Line count: 36
Word count: 104

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