Il tombe des fleurs de pêcher du ciel gris Comme d'une immense corbeille enchantée, C'est la neige et, surpris, le vieux marchand Empaqueté de sa riche robe de prix Rentre vite en la maison de thé. Mais toi, ô jolie petite aimée, Tu resteras dans ta maison close, À polir l'émail fin de tes dents Ou le bout de tes ongles roses, Et vers l'heure accoutumée, Tu ne viendras pas au marché, Tentant où je puis à loisir t'admirer Pendant que tu choisis les sachets Et les parfums ambrés au gré de ta fantaisie...
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade, first published 1903 [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 Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950), "La neige", op. 56 no. 4 (1914-1916), first performed 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies sur des poésies extraites de la "Shéhérazade" de T. Klingsor (1er Recueil), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Fleurs du ciel gris", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from L'Île d'Émail (Songes d'exil), no. 3, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Marc Lerique-Koechlin [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-03
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