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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

La sérénade
Language: French (Français) 
Le page enfant à cou de cigogne 
  Qui porte le faucon 
De monseigneur de Bourgogne 
Chante, ce soir, sous un balcon. 

Et puisque la lune a caché sa corne, 
Il fausse une chanson d'acoquinée 
Avec une audace sans borne, 
Comme un galant de soixante années. 

Même il a mis sa toque noire 
Aux quatre plumes d'épervier 
Et qui verrait son haut-de-chausses de moire 
  Pourrait bien l'envier. 

Mais — comme une main de châtelaine 
A doucement entr'ouvert la jalousie 
  Et jeté des marjolaines 
A ce fol ménestrel de fantaisie, — 

Tout se tient coi dans la ruelle 
Et l'enfant peureux à cou de cigogne 
Sous son capuchon rentre ses oreilles 
Comme un escargot de Bourgogne. 

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Confirmed with Poèmes de Bohême, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1913, pages 142-143.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "La sérénade", appears in Poèmes de Bohême, in 2. Squelettes fleuris, in 4. Ballades des baladins, no. 7 [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 Roger Vuataz (1898 - 1988), "La sérénade", op. 21 no. 2, published 1926 [ high voice and piano ], from Poèmes de Bohême, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 114

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