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by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903)

L'Enfer
Language: French (Français) 
Dans l’enfer, Satan fait étendre
Des barreaux et des grils ardents,
Et sourd, ne voulant rien entendre
Il dit aux pécheurs imprudents
Que leur âme n’est plus à vendre.

Riant d’un air qui n’est pas tendre,
Pour activer ses intendants,
Il court comme une salamandre
    Dans l’enfer.

Sans jamais se réduire en cendre
Tous les damnés grincent des dents,
Et réclament à cris stridents
Que la mort vienne les reprendre !…
Mais la mort ne peut pas descendre
    Dans l’enfer !

Confirmed with Maurice Rollinat, Les Névroses, Paris, Fasquelle, 1917, page 383.


Text Authorship:

  • by Maurice Rollinat (1846 - 1903), "L'Enfer", appears in Les névroses, in 5. Les Ténèbres [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'Enfer" [ voice and piano ], from Rouges et Noires, vingt-six mélodies, paroles de Maurice Rollinat, no. 22, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-03-27
Line count: 15
Word count: 80

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