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by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915)

Le Marchand de Marrons
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Il est revenu, le marchand
Avec sa modeste boutique
Dont le chaud parfum alléchant
Invite de loin la pratique.

Quand ce marchand-là reparaît
A Paris, au coin de nos rues,
On nous dit bien que la forêt
Pleure ses feuilles disparues ;

J’en sais qui poussent les hauts cris
En pensant que les hirondelles,
Trouvant déjà notre ciel gris,
Fuient loin de nous à tire d’ailes.

Plus d’un a déjà le frisson
En songeant que l’hiver morose
Se rapproche, et que la maison
Contre ses rigueurs est mal close !

Nous sommes jeunes, la gaité 
Doit demeurer notre partage !
Que ce soit l'hiver ou l'été,
Rions toujours, c'est le plus sage!

Puisque maintenant sur nos fronts 
L'aquilon souffle, au lieu des brises,
Crions donc: vivent les marrons,
Puisque mortes sont les cerises ! 

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Collin (1845 - 1915) [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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Le Marchand de Marrons", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Confirmed with Supplément Musical de l'Illustration, numéro de Noël, 1899-1900, Chansons enfantines [sung text checked 2 times]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , "The Chestnut Seller", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-02-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 130

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