Quand je serai mort, enterrez moi humblement à la Croix des Martyrs. Puisque là j'aurai vécu mes pleurs, mes rires, bref, ma vie et ses émois. Cet enclos paisible et délicieux que raille le pédant vaniteux sera doux à mes désirs calmés et à mon âme. Ailes fermés et paupières closes, mes amours veilleront sur ma tombe pour toujours. Frangipaniers et buis neigeront autour. Les quénépiers fleuriront. Dans la petite chapelle pieuse ou la parole se fait silencieuse tous ceux qui m'auront connu, femmes, amis, viendront prier sur ma tombe que berceras l'harmonie des célestes fleurs. Quand je serai mort, enterrez moi humblement à la Croix des Martyrs.
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Text Authorship:
- by Carl Brouard (1902 - 1965) [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 Carmen Brouard (1909 - 2005), "Quand je serai mort", 1934 [ medium voice and piano ], from Reflets d'âme, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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