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by Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897)

Les Absents
Language: French (Français) 
Deux pigeons s'aimaient d'amour tendre
L'un d'eux partit
L'autre avait juré de l'attendre
Il l'attendit
Et pendant une année entière
En se couchant
Le soir il fesait sa prière
Pour le méchant.

O mon Dieu disait-il, protège
Ce cher amour
Garde-le du froid, de la neige
Et du vautour 
Fais qu'il trouve ô pèrce céleste
Dans son exil
Bon souper, bon gîte et le reste
Ainsi soit-il !

Text Authorship:

  • by Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897) [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 Ferdinand Poise Perillier (1828 - 1892), "Les Absents", subtitle: "Opéra Comique", published [1865] [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Paris, Gambogi [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 67

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