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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Plaintes comiques
Language: French (Français) 
Sous la bise aigre 
  Qui mord, 
Notre feu maigre 
  Est mort. 

L'affreux décembre 
  Gelé, 
Dans notre chambre 
  Je l'ai. 

Rempli d'un sombre 
  Effroi, 
Tout seul dans l'ombre 
  J'ai froid. 

Hélas ! que n'ai-je 
  Du feu 
Contre la neige 
  Un peu ! 

Opiniâtre 
  Espoir !
Car le pauvre âtre 
  Est noir. 

En vain mon âme 
  Attend 
La rouge flamme 
  D'antan. 

Sous la bise aigre 
  Qui mord, 
Notre feu maigre 
  Est mort.

Confirmed with Les caresses, Nouvelle Édition, Paris, G. Charpentier, [no date], pages 238-239.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Plaintes comiques", written 1877, appears in Les Caresses, in 4. Nivôse, no. 13, Paris, Éd. M. Dreyfous, first published 1882 [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), "Plaintes comiques", 1894, published 1900 [high voice and piano], from Chansons tristes, no. 7, Paris, Éd. Heugel [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-01-12
Line count: 28
Word count: 67

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