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by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas

Tu souffres tous les maux et tu ne fais...
Language: French (Français) 
Tu souffres tous les maux et tu ne fais que rire
                      De ton lâche destin ;
Tu ne sais pas pourquoi tu chantes sur ta lyre
                      Du soir jusqu’au matin.

Poète, un grave auteur dira que tu t’amuses
                      Sans trop d’utilité ;
Va, ne l’écoute point : Apollon et les Muses
                      Ont bien quelque beauté.

Laisse les uns mourir et vois les autres naître,
                      Les bons ou les méchants,
Puisque tout ici-bas ne survient que pour être
                      Un prétexte à tes chants.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Jean Moréas, Les Stances, Société du Mercure de France, 1905, p.131

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (1856 - 1910), as Jean Moréas, no title, appears in Les Stances, in 4. Stances, quatrième livre, no. 8 [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):

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-11-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 82

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