Toi qui plies, toi qui pleures Toi qui meurs un jour sans savoir pourquoi Toi qui luttes, qui veille sur le repos de l’autre Toi qui ne regardes plus avec le rire dans les yeux Toi mon frère au visage de peur et d’angoisse Relève-toi et crie : NON
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Text Authorship:
- by David Léon Mandessi Diop (1927 - 1960) [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 Andree Aeschlimann Rochat (1900 - 1990), "Défi à la force", op. 22 no. 2 (1953) [ tenor and piano ], from Chants d'outre-mer, no. 2, Milan : Carisch [sung text not yet checked]
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