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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Chantez ! la nuit sera brève
Language: French (Français) 
Chantez ! la nuit sera brève.
Il était une fois un vieil homme tout noir;
Il avait un manteau fait de rêve,
Un chapeau fait de brume du soir.
Chantez ! la nuit sera brève.

Chantez ! la nuit sera douce.
Le vieil homme tout noir en silence est venu;
On eût dit qu'il marchait sur la mousse
A pas lents et furtifs et pied nu.
Chantez ! la nuit sera douce.

Chantez ! la nuit sera belle.
Le vieil homme sourit à l'enfant qui s'endort;
Vient fermer sa paupière rebelle,
Sable fin du sommeil, sable d'or !
Chantez ! la nuit sera belle.

Chantez ! la nuit sera brève.
Le vieil homme tout noir en silence a passé;
Et voilà sur les ailes du rêve
Que l'enfant dans l'azur est bercé !
Chantez ! la nuit sera brève.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "Orsola chantant", appears in Par le Glaive, Paris, Éd. Charpentier & Fasquelle; Act IV, Scene 3 [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 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862 - 1901), "Orsola's song", op. 20 (A Book of Songs) no. 9 (1892), published 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), "L'Homme au sable", subtitle: "Berceuse", published [1892] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. E. Fromont [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 129

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