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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Il faut bien rire de sa peine
Language: French (Français) 
Il faut bien rire de sa peine. 
  Mon adorée, 
Et faire des chansons de son chagrin ; 
  La vie est pleine 
De ces peines dont personne ne sait rien, 
  Mais qu'y faire ? 
Il faut bien rire de sa peine 
  De peur d'en pleurer. 

Avec un masque de comédie 
J'aurai traversé cette vie 
Le sourire au visage et le cœur en souci ; 
Ah ! je sais bien que c'est folie 
  D'aimer ainsi, 
  Mais qu'y faire ? 
On dit que la vie est brève et légère : 
Hélas ! il faut bien rire de sa peine, 
  Mon adorée, 
De peur d'en pleurer.

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Confirmed with Poèmes de Bohême, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1913, pages 183-184.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Chanson de Bohême", appears in Poèmes de Bohême, in 4. Poèmes de Bohême, no. 7 [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 Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Il faut bien rire de sa peine", published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], from Mélodies sur des poèmes de Tristan Klingsor, no. 3, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Roger Vuataz (1898 - 1988), "Chanson de Bohême", op. 21 no. 1, published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes de Bohême, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 95

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