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by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903)

L’Idiot
Language: French (Français) 
L’idiot vagabond qui charme les vipères
Clopine tout le jour infatigablement,
Au long du ravin noir et du marais dormant,
Là-bas où les aspics vont par troupes impaires.

Quand l’automne a teinté les verdures prospères,
L’œil fixe, avec un triste et doux balancement,
L’idiot vagabond qui charme les vipères
Clopine tout le jour infatigablement.

Les serpents endormis, au bord de leurs repaires,
Se réveillent en chœur à son chantonnement,
Et venant y mêler leur grêle sifflement
Suivent dans les chemins, comme de vieux compères,
L’idiot vagabond qui charme les vipères.

Confirmed with Maurice Rollinat, Les Névroses, Paris, Fasquelle, 1917, page 200.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "L’Idiot", appears in Les névroses, in 3. Les Refuges [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 Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "L’Idiot" [ voice and piano ], from Rondels et rondeaux. Paroles et Musique de Maurice Rollinat, no. 8, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-11
Line count: 13
Word count: 90

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