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by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947)

Enfance
 (Sung text for setting by G. Auric)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Voici mes plus beaux
Mes plus beaux versets.
Tremblants. Comme volent
Les oiseaux blessés.

Puissé-je parler sans cri
Comme la flamme en sursaut
Parle autant ! sans bruit
Que le coq frémit.

Puisque je semble si doux
Au danger du berger fou.
Le berger tremblant veut bien
Me donner la main.

Saute sa marelle un bel
Oiseau : comme l'heure heureuse
Qui se faufile au cartel
L'heure au fébrile ramage
Court silencieuse...

Composition:

    Set to music by Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), "Enfance", 1940, published 1951 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de L. P. Fargue, no. 2, Paris, Max Eschig

Text Authorship:

  • by Léon-Paul Fargue (1876 - 1947), "L'enfant", written 1895, appears in Poèmes, in Tancrède, in 5. Lieds où l'on sourit pour ne pas pleurer, no. 6, first published 1911

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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-08
Line count: 17
Word count: 70

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