Contre un buste de faune aux lèvres pipeaux, Souriant au regard de sa jeune compagne Bruni par le soleil musclé, vêtu de peaux, Le berger joue un air que la source accompagne. Dans la prairie on voit le dos blanc des troupeaux Le soir verse du bleu sur toute la campagne, Les travailleurs, hâtifs, vont chercher le repos Et le temple s’efface en haut de la montagne Et sous les souples doigts du petit pâtre brun Au lieu des sons légers qu’il égrenait, c’est un Sanglot plaintif et long qui sort du roseau frêle L’amante inquiète un peu regarde son amant Le berger la rassure en se penchant vers elle Et le faune sourit énigmatiquement!
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Text 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 André Fijan (1869 - 1959), "Le faune", published 1914 [ voice, flute, and piano ], from Deux Mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text checked 1 time]
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