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by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926)

Si mon rival
Language: French (Français) 
Si mon rival
Est sans cheval
Et sans appui,
Voici ma loi:
Tant mieux pour moi,
Tant pis pour lui!

S'il se défend
Comme un enfant
Rempli d'émoi
Pendant la nuit,
Tant pis pour lui,
Tant mieux pour moi!

S'il croit vraiment
A mon serment,
Ce mot qui fuit,
Je suis sans foi;
Tant mieux pour moi,
Tant pis pour lui!

Vienne un vainqueur
Qui dans mon coeur
Plonge l'effroi
D'un fer qui luit,
Tant mieux pour lui,
Tant pis pour moi!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Richepin (1849 - 1926), no title, written 1884, appears in Les Blasphèmes, in 9. La chanson du sang, in 23. Marches touraniennes, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Maurice Dreyfous, first published 1885 [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Si mon rival", op. 44 no. 15 (1890) [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt Poèmes de Jean Richepin, no. 15, Éd. "Au Menestrel" Henri Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernest Moret (1871 - 1949), "Si mon rival", published 1908 [ high voice and piano ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 20, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 82

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