by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857)
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Beau chevalier qui partez pour la guerre, Qu'allez-vous faire Aussi loin d'ici ? loin de nous ? Voyez-vous pas que la nuit est profonde, Et que le monde N'est que souci ? ... ... J'en vais pleurer, moi qui me laissais dire Que mon sourire Était si doux.
First published in La Quenouille de Barberine, a comedy in two acts, Éd. La Revue des Deux Mondes, 1835.
Composition:
- Set to music by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Martiale", op. 39 no. 6 (1905), published 1909, stanzas 1,3 [ SATB quartet and orchestra or piano ], from Chansons à 4 voix, no. 6, Paris: A.Z. Mathot
Text Authorship:
- by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Chanson de Barberine", written 1835, appears in Poésies nouvelles, appears in La Quenouille de Barberine, comédie en 2 actes
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "Handsome knight, you who leave for war", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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