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

Sur le pont d'Avignon
Language: French (Français) 
  Sur le pont d'Avignon 
  L'on y danse, l'on y danse, 
  Sur le pont d'Avignon 
  Les belles font des révérences 
  Au rythme des violons. 

Sur le pont d'Avignon l'on y rêve 
      Deux par deux ; 
Les amoureux risquent des propos harsardeux 
  Et se font des promesses brèves 
    A l'heure des adieux. 

  Sur le pont d'Avignon l'on y pleure : 
  Une main jette une rose dans l'eau ; 
  Le soir est triste, les violons meurent 
Et les belles s'en vont aux bras des fous charmeurs ; 
Je suis seul et mon rêve avec ma pauvre fleur 
  Danse, danse au gré du flot.

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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Le Valet de cœur. Poèmes, deuxième édition, Paris, Société du Mercure de France, 1908, pages 189-190.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Sur le pont d'Avignon", written 1900-03, appears in Le valet de cœur: poèmes, in 7. Chansons à la française, no. 1, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1908 [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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "Le pont d'Avignon" [ voice and piano ], from Sept chansons populaires françaises, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Sur le pont d'Avignon", 1912 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois chansons à la française, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 97

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