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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Les derviches hurleurs
Language: French (Français) 
Les yeux vers la splendeur divine, 
Des profondeurs de sa poitrine 
Le vieux derviche, sombre et fou,
Tire son cri sourd : Allah hou !

En courant sur la mer immense,
Le vent hurle, Allah ! ta puissance ;
Le derviche aussi, comme un fou,
Hurle : Allah, Allah, Allah hou ! 

La mer roule sur le rivage,
La mer bondit, hurle, sauvage ;
Le derviche aussi, comme un fou,
Hurle : Allah, Allah, Allah hou !

À tes pieds, ô Sultan du monde,
La foudre comme un tambour gronde. 
Le derviche aussi, comme un fou,
Hurle : Allah, Allah, Allah hou ! 

Le torrent croule, roule, et passe,
En hurlant ton nom dans l'espace ;
Le derviche aussi, comme un fou,
Hurle : Allah, Allah, Allah hou ! 

En face du désert en flamme,
Le lion hurle et te proclame ;
Le derviche aussi, comme un fou,
Hurle : Allah, Allah, Allah hou ! 

Mais son extase le consume, 
Il s'affaisse, il tombe, il écume ;
Et, comme un ours branlant son cou,
Hurle à terre encore : Allah hou ! 

Confirmed with Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, 3rd edition, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1893, page 177-178.


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Les derviches hurleurs", appears in L'Illusion, in 2. Chants panthéistes, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Charlotte Devéria, née Thomas (1856 - 1885), "Les derviches hurleurs" [ medium voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 3ème recueil, no. 12, Éd. "Au Ménestrel", Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-06
Line count: 28
Word count: 162

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