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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

C'est un vieux conte de Bohême
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
C'est un vieux conte de Bohême : 
Sur un violon, à minuit, 
Dans la lune un tsigane blême 
Joue en faisant si peu de bruit 

Que cette musique très tendre,
Parmi les silences des bois,
Jusqu'ici ne s'est fait entendre 
Qu'aux amoureux baissant la voix. 

Mon amour, l'heure est opportune :
La lune argente le bois noir ; 
Viens écouter si dans la lune 
Le violon chante ce soir ! 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor. L'illusion, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1906, page 16.


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Le tsigane dans la lune", written 1875, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Andrée Marie Clémence Bonhomme (1905 - 1982), "Le tzigane dans la lune", op. 38 (1928) [ voice, violin and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lucien Lambotte (1888 - 1969), "Le Tsigane dans la lune", published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Six Mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jan Remmert Le Cosquino de Bussy (1889 - 1974), "Le tsigane dans la lune" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Léo Sachs (1856 - 1930), "Le Tzigane dans la lune", published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Douze Mélodies, no. 10, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Guy Taillevent , "Le Tsigane dans la lune", published 1924 [ soprano and piano ], from Deux Impressions pour chant et piano, no. 1, Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Louis Vallini , "Le Tzigane dans la lune", published 1913 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Costallat et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rosalie Marie Wertheim (1888 - 1949), "Le tsigane dans la lune" [ high voice, piano, violin ], Amsterdam, Éd. G. Alsbach & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Clara Wildschut (1906 - 1950), "Le tsigane dans la lune", 1942 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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