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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Va‑t’en ! Tu n’es qu’un chien, si tu...
Language: French (Français) 
Va-t’en ! Tu n’es qu’un chien, si tu fais ton régal
Des restes mendiés qui tombent dé ma table.
Quoi ! Tu veux mon aumône, et te dis mon égal !

Ah ! redresse-toi donc, grand pauvre lamentable.
Ne rampe pas ainsi sur le bord du chemin.
On te couche à l’étable !… Eh bien ! Brûle l’étable.

Ferme le poing, plutôt que de tendre la main.
Ne sois pas l’humble bête aisément assouvie.
Sois homme, sois mon frère, un fauve à mufle humain,

Et tu t’y soûleras, au festin de ma vie. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), no title, appears in Mes Paradis, in 2. Dans les remous, no. 10, Éd. Librairie Charpentier, Paris, first published 1894 [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 Henri-Jean Clavié (1865 - 1945), "À un mendiant", published [1910] [ low voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 1, Éd. J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2019-04-21
Line count: 10
Word count: 88

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