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by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947)

Danse
Language: French (Français) 
Les salades d’escarole
Dansent en robe à paniers
Sous la lune blonde et molle
Qui se lève pour souper.

Un couple d’amants s’isole
Gracieux comme un huilier
Et va sous un mouflier
Voir pousser les croquignoles.

Les salades d’escarole
Demain elles danseront
Dans leur urne funéraire
Sous les faces lunéraires
Qui dînent d’un oeil vairon
Et feront sur leurs frisons
L’escalade des paroles
Et le pas des postillons…

Cependant, la Terre gronde,
Et dans cette dame blonde
Et dans ce monsieur qui ment,
La Mort, lampe d’ossements,
Consume l’huile qui tombe…

Confirmed with Littérature; revue mensuelle, Paris : Au Sans Pareil, 1919, p.10


Text Authorship:

  • by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947), "Danse", appears in Écrit dans une cuisine, no. 2 [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 Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002), "Danse", 2000, first performed 2001 [ voice and piano ], Tritó Edicions [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2024-08-24
Line count: 21
Word count: 91

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