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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Les Quatre Roses du Farsistan
Language: French (Français) 
Par la route des orangers en fleurs 
Où le vent comme un oiseau sous les feuilles 
Rit et pleure, 
Ou par la sente odorante du temps 
Des bergers et des jongleurs, 
Qui viendra, qui viendra faire cette cueille 
De quatre roses du Farsistan ? 

Sera-ce quelque doux varlet, 
Son amour au cœur, une larme à l'œil, 
Sera-ce quelque chanteur de virelais, 
Ou bien un mendiant sordide et laid 
Qui viendra tout en boitant, 
Qui viendra faire cette cueille 
De quatre roses du Farsistan ? 

Ou plutôt serait-ce toi, 
Cher étranger en habits de deuil, 
Peut-être prince de Perse ou roi, 
Serait-ce toi que l'hiver attend 
Avant de rien effeuiller en ses doigts, 
Avant de faire cette cueille 
Des quatre roses du Farsistan ?

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Confirmed with Tristan Klingsor, Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, 1903, pages 72-73.


Text Authorship:

  • by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, "Les Quatre Roses du Farsistan", appears in Schéhérazade, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1903 [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 Fouret (1888 - 1962), "Les Quatre Roses du Farsistan", published 1923 [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies de Maurice Fouret sur des paroles de T. Klingsor, no. 3, Éd. Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-18
Line count: 21
Word count: 120

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