by Paul Arène (1843 - 1896)
L'air est si chaud que la cigale
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
L'air est si chaud que la cigale La pauvre cigale frugale Qui se régale de chansons, Ne fait plus entendre les sons De sa chansonnette inégale ; Et, rêvant qu'elle agite [encor]1 Ses petits tambourins de fée, Sur l'écorce des pins, chauffée, Où pleure une résine d'or, Ivre de soleil elle dort.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Poésies de Paul Arène, Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1900, Page 52.
1 Maurice: "encore"Text Authorship:
- by Paul Arène (1843 - 1896), "Août en Provence", appears in Poésies de Paul Arène, in 2. Tableaux parisiens et paysages, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1900 [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 Irène Fuerison (1875 - 1931), "La cigale", op. 91 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre, Baron de Maurice (1868 - 1936), "La cigale", op. 3 (1897-98), published 1918? [ voice and piano or string quintet ], Genève, Éd. Ad. Henn [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raymond Moulaert (1875 - 1962), "La Cigale" [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éditions de la NRF, in La Revue musicale, 6th year, no. 1 [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
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-11
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Word count: 52