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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Les Musiciens
Language: French (Français) 
Assis dans un coin obscur du souk, 
j'écoutais les musiciens de Debila.

Autrefois, ma bien-aimée a parcouru ce pays. 
Autrefois,  ma bien-aimée a entendu chanter les flûtes 
et résonner les touboûls de Debila.

Maintenant, je l'ai dit, ma bien-aimée est retournée à Dieu, 
et je la cherche dans la musique qu'elle préférait.

Si j'interrogeais les musiciens de Debila, 
se souviendraient-ils d'avoir vu 
passer Messaouda dans les jardins de leur pays ? 
Me diraient-ils que leur musique n'est déchirante 
que parce que Messaouda ne se promènera plus
dans les jardins de Debila ?

Ils jouaient, les paupières closes,
la tête renversée, comme ployés
sous un baiser profond, douloureux, acharné... 

Je ne leur demanderai pas s'ils ont
connu ma bien-aimée, car on ne demande pas 
aux rossignols du mois de Rebi-el-Aouel 
s'ils chantent pour la nuit embaumée 
ou pour les étoiles qui se sont éteintes. 

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, Le Jardin des caresses, H. Piazza, Paris : 1921, p.20


Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Les musiciens", appears in Le jardin des caresses, no. 15 [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 Jean Gallon (1878 - 1959), "Les Musiciens", published 1939 [ voice and piano ], Paris : R. Deiss [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2024-12-21
Line count: 21
Word count: 141

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