by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor
Au désert
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
La tête d'un vieux cheik saigne en haut d'une lance ; Au-dessus du désert plane un vautour qui fuit ; Et morte aussi, la lune au ciel monte en silence, Souriant à ce mort oublié dans la nuit.
Confirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1888, Page 164.
Note: in line 1, Rhené-Baton spells "cheik" as "scheikh".
Text Authorship:
- by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Au désert", appears in L'Illusion, in 3. La gloire du néant, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre [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 René-Emmanuel Baton (1879 - 1940), as Rhené-Baton, "Au désert", op. 16 no. 3 (1906), published 1912 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies sur des poèmes de Jean Lahor, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jeanne Bernard (1895 - 1965), "Au désert", published [1920] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Ch. Hayet [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "In the Desert", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-17
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Word count: 36