by Michel Veber (1896 - 1965), as Nino
Le vieux chameau du zoo
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Le vieux chameau du zoo, tout bossu, tout bancal, Promène tristement sa tête horizontale... Il cherche vainement quelque fleur tropicale, Et rêve aux sables d'or de son pays natal!... Qui lui rendra jamais le paradis d'Allah! L'ombre des oliviers et le chant du fellah?... On lui a tout ravi; mais il garde en tout cas L'air de la flûte arabe au son des derboukas... Et comme un diamant noir de quatre vingt carats Son oeil reflète encor son lointain Sahara.
Text Authorship:
- by Michel Veber (1896 - 1965), as Nino [author's text not yet checked 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 Manuel Rosenthal (1904 - 2003), "Le vieux chameau du zoo", 1934, from Chansons du Monsieur Bleu, no. 10. [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The old camel", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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