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by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor

Bohémiens
Language: French (Français) 
Jouant du violon, un tzigane au teint noir
Est debout, qui regarde au loin mourir le soir.
Belle et sombre à ses pieds une femme est couchée :
Elle écoute en rêvant, la poitrine penchée,
Les yeux fixes, les bras tombant le long du corps,
Un chant sourd, monotone, aux funèbres accords.
L'archet strident soudain fait crier une corde :
Est-ce pour réveiller un désir qui la morde,
Ou pour lui rappeler d'amoureuses douleurs ?
— Et de fauves éclairs brillent parmi ses pleurs.

Confirmed with Œuvres de Jean Lahor, L'Illusion, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1925, page 131.


Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Cazalis (1840 - 1909), as Jean Lahor, "Bohémiens", written 1875, appears in L'Illusion, in 1. Chants de l'Amour et de la Mort, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1875 [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 Théodore Terestchenko (1888 - 1950), "Bohémiens", published [1913] [ medium voice, piano, and violin ], Paris, Éditions J. Hamelle [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-17
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